diff --git a/data_validation/validation_builder.py b/data_validation/validation_builder.py
index 557863079..8d8626b05 100644
--- a/data_validation/validation_builder.py
+++ b/data_validation/validation_builder.py
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ def get_query_from_file(self, filename):
         try:
             file = open(filename, "r")
             query = file.read()
+            query = query.rstrip(";\n")
         except IOError:
             logging.warning("Cannot read query file: ", filename)