diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py
index 952f734f3..c8a07a9b3 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/hive.py
@@ -437,14 +437,9 @@ class HiveEngineSpec(PrestoEngineSpec):
         url = make_url(uri)
         backend_name = url.get_backend_name()
 
-        # Must be Hive connection, enable impersonation, and set param
+        # Must be Hive connection, enable impersonation, and set optional param
         # auth=LDAP|KERBEROS
-        if (
-            backend_name == "hive"
-            and "auth" in url.query.keys()
-            and impersonate_user is True
-            and username is not None
-        ):
+        if backend_name == "hive" and impersonate_user and username is not None:
             configuration["hive.server2.proxy.user"] = username
         return configuration