diff --git a/clients/mssql/store.go b/clients/mssql/store.go
index 66704e93e..f76809e0a 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/store.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/store.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/kafkalib"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/optimization"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/sql"
-	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing"
 )
 
 type Store struct {
@@ -32,6 +31,10 @@ func getSchema(schema string) string {
 }
 
 func (s *Store) Dialect() sql.Dialect {
+	return s.dialect()
+}
+
+func (s *Store) dialect() dialect.MSSQLDialect {
 	return dialect.MSSQLDialect{}
 }
 
@@ -59,12 +62,7 @@ func (s *Store) Sweep() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	mssqlDialect, err := typing.AssertType[dialect.MSSQLDialect](s.Dialect())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return shared.Sweep(s, tcs, mssqlDialect.BuildSweepQuery)
+	return shared.Sweep(s, tcs, s.dialect().BuildSweepQuery)
 }
 
 func (s *Store) Dedupe(_ sql.TableIdentifier, _ []string, _ bool) error {