diff --git a/agentplatform/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py b/agentplatform/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py
index 4ba369d168..1e55ae127c 100644
--- a/agentplatform/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py
+++ b/agentplatform/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _feature_to_data_source(
     bq_uri = feature_group._gca_resource.big_query.big_query_source.input_uri
     assert bq_uri
 
-    fully_qualified_table = bq_uri.lstrip("bq://")
+    fully_qualified_table = bq_uri.removeprefix("bq://")
     assert fully_qualified_table
 
     query = (
diff --git a/google/cloud/aiplatform/preview/datasets.py b/google/cloud/aiplatform/preview/datasets.py
index 1616abb991..5e0bde0340 100644
--- a/google/cloud/aiplatform/preview/datasets.py
+++ b/google/cloud/aiplatform/preview/datasets.py
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ def assemble(
         )
         result = assemble_lro.result(timeout=None)
         _LOGGER.log_action_completed_against_resource("data", "assembled", self)
-        table_id = result.bigquery_destination.lstrip("bq://")
+        table_id = result.bigquery_destination.removeprefix("bq://")
         if load_dataframe:
             session_options = bigframes.BigQueryOptions(
                 credentials=initializer.global_config.credentials,
diff --git a/vertexai/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py b/vertexai/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py
index 3a785711e4..ad5bf193e7 100644
--- a/vertexai/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py
+++ b/vertexai/resources/preview/feature_store/offline_store.py
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ def _feature_to_data_source(
     bq_uri = feature_group._gca_resource.big_query.big_query_source.input_uri
     assert bq_uri
 
-    fully_qualified_table = bq_uri.lstrip("bq://")
+    fully_qualified_table = bq_uri.removeprefix("bq://")
+
     assert fully_qualified_table
 
     query = (