diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 2d38cbf898..ff8c8902e0 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) NormalizeRecords(req *model.NormalizeRecordsRequest)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get tablename to unchanged cols mapping: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	stmts := make([]string, 0, len(distinctTableNames)+1)
 	// append all the statements to one list
 	c.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("merge raw records to corresponding tables: %s %s %v",
 		c.datasetID, rawTableName, distinctTableNames))
@@ -608,18 +607,20 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) NormalizeRecords(req *model.NormalizeRecordsRequest)
 		}
 		// normalize anything between last normalized batch id to last sync batchid
 		mergeStmt := mergeGen.generateMergeStmt()
-		stmts = append(stmts, mergeStmt)
+
+		// run the merge statement
+		_, err = c.client.Query(mergeStmt).Read(c.ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to execute merge statement %s: %v", mergeStmt, err)
+		}
 	}
 	// update metadata to make the last normalized batch id to the recent last sync batch id.
 	updateMetadataStmt := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"UPDATE %s.%s SET normalize_batch_id=%d WHERE mirror_job_name='%s';",
 		c.datasetID, MirrorJobsTable, batchIDs.SyncBatchID, req.FlowJobName)
-	stmts = append(stmts, updateMetadataStmt)
-
-	query := strings.Join(stmts, "\n")
-	_, err = c.client.Query(query).Read(c.ctx)
+	_, err = c.client.Query(updateMetadataStmt).Read(c.ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to execute statements %s: %v", query, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update metadata table: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return &model.NormalizeResponse{