diff --git a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py
index 4c9ec0af104..6c0f79e3499 100644
--- a/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py
+++ b/core/dbt/contracts/graph/unparsed.py
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@ class UnparsedMeasure(dbtClassMixin):
     name: str
     agg: str  # actually an enum
     description: Optional[str] = None
-    create_metric: bool = False
     expr: Optional[Union[str, bool, int]] = None
     agg_params: Optional[MeasureAggregationParameters] = None
     non_additive_dimension: Optional[UnparsedNonAdditiveDimension] = None
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py b/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
index e5e643b31f3..78d62c45c52 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/schema_yaml_readers.py
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ def _get_measures(self, unparsed_measures: List[UnparsedMeasure]) -> List[Measur
                     name=unparsed.name,
                     agg=AggregationType(unparsed.agg),
                     description=unparsed.description,
-                    create_metric=unparsed.create_metric,
                     expr=str(unparsed.expr) if unparsed.expr is not None else None,
                     agg_params=unparsed.agg_params,
                     non_additive_dimension=self._get_non_additive_dimension(