diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240322-113720.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240322-113720.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9279c6ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240322-113720.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: remove `keyfile` from `_connection_keys`
+time: 2024-03-22T11:37:20.989189-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: McKnight-42
+  Issue: "1146"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
index 6826d0bc5..68fc10372 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ def _connection_keys(self):
             "job_retries",
             "job_creation_timeout_seconds",
             "job_execution_timeout_seconds",
-            "keyfile",
             "timeout_seconds",
             "client_id",
             "token_uri",