diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 4adcbf0..e7fae7b 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ uv sync --dev
 # Install git hooks
 uv run pre-commit install --install-hooks
 
-# Start full stack (Kafka, Postgres, Druid, MinIO, Bigtable emulator, worker, UI, UI API)
+# Start full stack (Kafka, Postgres, Druid, MinIO, worker, UI, UI API)
 docker compose up -d
 # or
 ./start.sh
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yaml b/docker-compose.test.yaml
index a0f00e6..205183f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.test.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.test.yaml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
       osprey-kafka-topic-creator:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
-      bigtable:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      bigtable-initializer:
-        condition: service_completed_successfully
       minio:
         condition: service_healthy
       minio-bucket-init:
@@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ services:
       - DD_TRACE_ENABLED=False
       - DD_DOGSTATSD_DISABLE=True
       - OSPREY_RULES_SINK_NUM_WORKERS=1
-      - BIGTABLE_EMULATOR_HOST=bigtable:8361
       - OSPREY_EXECUTION_RESULT_STORAGE_BACKEND=minio
       - OSPREY_MINIO_ENDPOINT=minio:9000
       - OSPREY_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 5111b57..53a167f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ services:
       - DD_TRACE_ENABLED=False
       - DD_DOGSTATSD_DISABLE=True
       - OSPREY_RULES_SINK_NUM_WORKERS=1
-      - BIGTABLE_EMULATOR_HOST=bigtable:8361
       - OSPREY_EXECUTION_RESULT_STORAGE_BACKEND=minio
       - OSPREY_MINIO_ENDPOINT=minio:9000
       - OSPREY_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ services:
       - DD_DOGSTATSD_DISABLE=True
       - OSPREY_RULES_PATH=/osprey/example_rules
       - OSPREY_DISABLE_VALIDATION_EXPORTER=true
-      - BIGTABLE_EMULATOR_HOST=bigtable:8361
       - SNOWFLAKE_API_ENDPOINT=http://snowflake-id-worker:8088
       - SNOWFLAKE_EPOCH=1420070400000
       - OSPREY_EXECUTION_RESULT_STORAGE_BACKEND=minio
@@ -202,34 +200,6 @@ services:
       - PORT=8088
     restart: unless-stopped
 
-  bigtable:
-    hostname: bigtable
-    container_name: bigtable
-    image: gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:572.0.0@sha256:f67318c2d4719e3d9579ee724dd16b9d028ae916c4919586ae01e9e26d6c1beb
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:8361:8361"
-    command: >
-      bash -c "
-        gcloud beta emulators bigtable start --host-port=0.0.0.0:8361 --project=osprey-dev
-      "
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "bash", "-c", "pgrep -f cbtemulator > /dev/null || exit 1"]
-      interval: 10s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 60s
-    restart: unless-stopped
-
-  bigtable-initializer:
-    container_name: bigtable-initializer
-    image: gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:572.0.0@sha256:f67318c2d4719e3d9579ee724dd16b9d028ae916c4919586ae01e9e26d6c1beb
-    depends_on:
-      bigtable:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    volumes:
-      - ./init-bigtable.sh:/init-bigtable.sh
-    command: ["/bin/bash", "/init-bigtable.sh"]
-
   # Optional test data generator - run with:
   # docker compose --profile test_data up osprey-kafka-test-data-producer -d
   osprey-kafka-test-data-producer: