From 8ecf7c62688bd27c702f94e5959799c82c90ecc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jorrit Sandbrink <jorritsandbrink@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:54:22 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] remove natural_key remnants

---
 dlt/common/schema/typing.py | 1 -
 dlt/extract/hints.py        | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dlt/common/schema/typing.py b/dlt/common/schema/typing.py
index a70c354e17..dab502a272 100644
--- a/dlt/common/schema/typing.py
+++ b/dlt/common/schema/typing.py
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ class TScd2StrategyDict(TMergeDispositionDict, total=False):
     boundary_timestamp: Optional[TAnyDateTime]
     row_version_column_name: Optional[str]
     retire_absent_rows: Optional[bool]
-    natural_key: Optional[str]
 
 
 TWriteDispositionConfig = Union[
diff --git a/dlt/extract/hints.py b/dlt/extract/hints.py
index dfa01eabcf..29f176b93a 100644
--- a/dlt/extract/hints.py
+++ b/dlt/extract/hints.py
@@ -460,12 +460,6 @@ def _merge_merge_disposition_dict(dict_: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
                 dict_["x-boundary-timestamp"] = md_dict["boundary_timestamp"]
             if "retire_absent_rows" in md_dict:
                 dict_["x-retire-absent-rows"] = md_dict["retire_absent_rows"]
-            if "natural_key" in md_dict:
-                nk = md_dict["natural_key"]
-                if nk in dict_["columns"]:
-                    dict_["columns"][nk]["x-natural-key"] = True
-                else:
-                    dict_["columns"][nk] = {"name": nk, "x-natural-key": True}
             if md_dict.get("validity_column_names") is None:
                 from_, to = DEFAULT_VALIDITY_COLUMN_NAMES
             else: