diff --git a/extensions/positron-duckdb/src/extension.ts b/extensions/positron-duckdb/src/extension.ts
index 7eb9d1ed2ef..d6fb2118a44 100644
--- a/extensions/positron-duckdb/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/positron-duckdb/src/extension.ts
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ export class DataExplorerRpcHandler {
 				fs.watchFile(filePath, { interval: 1000 }, async () => {
 					const newTableName = `positron_${this._tableIndex++}`;
 
-					await this.createTableFromFilePath(filePath, newTableName, true);
+					await this.createTableFromFilePath(filePath, newTableName);
 
 					const newSchema = (await this.db.runQuery(`DESCRIBE ${newTableName};`)).toArray();
 					await tableView.onFileUpdated(newTableName, newSchema);
@@ -1241,11 +1241,8 @@ export class DataExplorerRpcHandler {
 	 * Import data file into DuckDB by creating table or view
 	 * @param filePath The file path on disk.
 	 * @param catalogName The table name to use in the DuckDB catalog.
-	 * @param forceRefresh If true, force an uncached read from disk to circumvent DuckDB's
-	 * file handle caching.
 	 */
-	async createTableFromFilePath(filePath: string, catalogName: string,
-		forceRefresh: boolean = false) {
+	async createTableFromFilePath(filePath: string, catalogName: string) {
 
 		const getCsvImportQuery = (_filePath: string, options: Array<String>) => {
 			return `CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ${catalogName} AS
@@ -1278,24 +1275,22 @@ export class DataExplorerRpcHandler {
 
 		const fileExt = path.extname(filePath);
 
-		if (fileExt === '.parquet' || fileExt === '.parq') {
-			// Always create a view for Parquet files
-			const query = `CREATE VIEW ${catalogName} AS
-			SELECT * FROM parquet_scan('${filePath}');`;
-			await this.db.runQuery(query);
-		} else if (forceRefresh) {
-			// For smaller text files, read the entire contents and register it as a temp file
-			// to avoid caching in duckdb-wasm
-			const fileContents = fs.readFileSync(filePath, { encoding: null });
-			const virtualPath = path.basename(filePath);
-			await this.db.db.registerFileBuffer(virtualPath, fileContents);
-			try {
+		// Read the entire contents and register it as a temp file
+		// to avoid file handle caching in duckdb-wasm
+		const fileContents = fs.readFileSync(filePath, { encoding: null });
+		const virtualPath = path.basename(filePath);
+		await this.db.db.registerFileBuffer(virtualPath, fileContents);
+		try {
+			if (fileExt === '.parquet' || fileExt === '.parq') {
+				// Always create a view for Parquet files
+				const query = `CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ${catalogName} AS
+				SELECT * FROM parquet_scan('${virtualPath}');`;
+				await this.db.runQuery(query);
+			} else {
 				await importDelimited(virtualPath);
-			} finally {
-				await this.db.db.dropFile(virtualPath);
 			}
-		} else {
-			await importDelimited(filePath);
+		} finally {
+			await this.db.db.dropFile(virtualPath);
 		}
 	}