diff --git a/soda/contracts/soda/contracts/contract_verification.py b/soda/contracts/soda/contracts/contract_verification.py
index 42e12fca7..0c20899b8 100644
--- a/soda/contracts/soda/contracts/contract_verification.py
+++ b/soda/contracts/soda/contracts/contract_verification.py
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ def _initialize_data_source(self, contract_verification_builder: ContractVerific
                     self.data_source = data_source
                 else:
                     self.logs.error(f"Error creating data source from {data_source_yaml_file}. See logs above.")
-        else:
-            self.logs.error("No data source configured")
 
     def _initialize_contracts(self, contract_verification_builder: ContractVerificationBuilder) -> None:
         for contract_file in contract_verification_builder.contract_files:
diff --git a/soda/contracts/tests/contracts/helpers/contract_data_source_test_helper.py b/soda/contracts/tests/contracts/helpers/contract_data_source_test_helper.py
index fc028c0cb..3a7b88d04 100644
--- a/soda/contracts/tests/contracts/helpers/contract_data_source_test_helper.py
+++ b/soda/contracts/tests/contracts/helpers/contract_data_source_test_helper.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def create_and_insert_test_table(
 
     def get_parse_errors_str(self, contract_yaml_str: str) -> str:
         contract_yaml_str = dedent(contract_yaml_str).strip()
-        contract_verification_builder = self.create_test_verification_builder().with_contract_yaml_str(
+        contract_verification_builder = ContractVerification.builder().with_contract_yaml_str(
             contract_yaml_str=contract_yaml_str
         )
         contract_verification = contract_verification_builder.build()