diff --git a/plugin/trino-kudu/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/kudu/schema/SchemaEmulationByTableNameConvention.java b/plugin/trino-kudu/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/kudu/schema/SchemaEmulationByTableNameConvention.java
index 733ee57e7af..2d7c3aaf9a4 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-kudu/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/kudu/schema/SchemaEmulationByTableNameConvention.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-kudu/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/kudu/schema/SchemaEmulationByTableNameConvention.java
@@ -25,13 +25,9 @@
 import org.apache.kudu.client.Delete;
 import org.apache.kudu.client.KuduException;
 import org.apache.kudu.client.KuduOperationApplier;
-import org.apache.kudu.client.KuduScanner;
 import org.apache.kudu.client.KuduTable;
-import org.apache.kudu.client.RowResult;
-import org.apache.kudu.client.RowResultIterator;
 import org.apache.kudu.client.Upsert;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -113,40 +109,12 @@ public void dropSchema(KuduClientWrapper client, String schemaName, boolean casc
     public List<String> listSchemaNames(KuduClientWrapper client)
     {
         try {
-            if (rawSchemasTable == null) {
-                // Try to open the schemas table first, only create if it doesn't exist
-                try {
-                    rawSchemasTable = client.openTable(rawSchemasTableName);
-                }
-                catch (KuduException e) {
-                    if (e.getStatus().isNotFound()) {
-                        // Table doesn't exist, try to create it (requires write permission)
-                        // If creation fails due to permission, fall back to scanning table names
-                        try {
-                            createAndFillSchemasTable(client);
-                            rawSchemasTable = getSchemasTable(client);
-                        }
-                        catch (KuduException createException) {
-                            // Fall back to listing schemas from table names directly (read-only)
-                            return listSchemaNamesFromTablets(client);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        throw e;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            KuduScanner scanner = client.newScannerBuilder(rawSchemasTable).build();
-            RowResultIterator iterator = scanner.nextRows();
-            ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
-            while (iterator != null) {
-                for (RowResult row : iterator) {
-                    result.add(row.getString(0));
-                }
-                iterator = scanner.nextRows();
-            }
-            return result;
+            // createAndFillSchemasTable(client);
+            // rawSchemasTable = getSchemasTable(client);
+            // ATTN, sometimes user does not have write priv for kudu,
+            // so we can not create schema table here.
+            // So here we get schema names directly from tablets.
+            return listSchemaNamesFromTablets(client);
         }
         catch (KuduException e) {
             throw new TrinoException(GENERIC_INTERNAL_ERROR, e);