diff --git a/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/connection.go b/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/connection.go
index 0839790b74..fb04b67481 100644
--- a/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/connection.go
+++ b/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/connection.go
@@ -52,49 +52,28 @@ func DecodeConnection(block *hcl.Block) (*modconfig.Connection, hcl.Diagnostics)
 		connection.ConnectionNames = connections
 	}
 
-	// NOTE: 'option' blocks are included in the ConnectionBlockSchema so we can parse out of connectionContent
-	// however 'table' blocks are not in the schema - this is because the label is optional,
-	// something not supported when using a block schema - so we decode those from the 'rest'
+	// check for nested options
 	for _, connectionBlock := range connectionContent.Blocks {
-		if connectionBlock.Type != modconfig.BlockTypeOptions {
-			// not expected - ConnectionBlockSchema only defines options
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected block type %s in decoded connection config", connectionBlock.Type))
-		}
-
-		opts, moreDiags := DecodeOptions(connectionBlock)
-		if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
-			diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-			break
-		}
-		moreDiags = connection.SetOptions(opts, connectionBlock)
-		if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
-			diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-		}
-	}
-	// now look for table blocks in `rest`
-	// NOTE: only supported for hcl config, NOT yml
-	if restBody, ok := rest.(*hclsyntax.Body); ok {
-		for _, connectionBlock := range restBody.Blocks {
-			switch connectionBlock.Type {
-			case modconfig.BlockTypeTable:
-				// table block is only valid for aggregator connection
-				if connection.Type != modconfig.ConnectionTypeAggregator {
-					diags.Append(&hcl.Diagnostic{
-						Severity: hcl.DiagError,
-						Summary:  "only aggregator connections can define 'table' blocks",
-						Subject:  &block.DefRange})
-					break
-				}
-			case modconfig.BlockTypeOptions:
-				// ignore
-			default:
-				subject := connectionBlock.DefRange()
-				diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
-					Severity: hcl.DiagError,
-					Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("invalid block type '%s' - only 'options' and 'table' blocks are supported for Connections", connectionBlock.Type),
-					Subject:  &subject,
-				})
+		switch connectionBlock.Type {
+		case "options":
+			// if we already found settings, fail
+			opts, moreDiags := DecodeOptions(connectionBlock)
+			if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
+				diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
+				break
 			}
+			moreDiags = connection.SetOptions(opts, connectionBlock)
+			if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
+				diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
+			}
+
+		default:
+			// this can never happen
+			diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
+				Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+				Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("invalid block type '%s' - only 'options' blocks are supported for Connections", connectionBlock.Type),
+				Subject:  &connectionBlock.DefRange,
+			})
 		}
 	}
 	// convert the remaining config to a hcl string to pass to the plugin
@@ -106,7 +85,6 @@ func DecodeConnection(block *hcl.Block) (*modconfig.Connection, hcl.Diagnostics)
 	}
 
 	return connection, diags
-
 }
 
 // build a hcl string with all attributes in the conneciton config which are NOT specified in the coneciton block schema
diff --git a/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/decode_args.go b/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/decode_args.go
index 12dfbe265f..4b64c39622 100644
--- a/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/decode_args.go
+++ b/pkg/steampipeconfig/parse/decode_args.go
@@ -274,12 +274,10 @@ func identifyRuntimeDependenciesFromArray(attr *hcl.Attribute, idx int, parentPr
 }
 
 // tactical - if runtime dependency is an input, validate it is of correct format
-// TODO - include this with the main runtime dependency validaiton, when it is rewritten https://github.com/turbot/steampipe/issues/2925
+// TODO - include this with the main runtime dependency validation, when it is rewritten https://github.com/turbot/steampipe/issues/2925
 func validateInputRuntimeDependency(propertyPath *modconfig.ParsedPropertyPath) error {
 	// input references must be of form self.input.<input_name>.value
-	if propertyPath.Scope != modconfig.RuntimeDependencyDashboardScope ||
-		len(propertyPath.PropertyPath) != 1 ||
-		propertyPath.PropertyPath[0] != "value" {
+	if propertyPath.Scope != modconfig.RuntimeDependencyDashboardScope {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not resolve runtime dependency resource %s", propertyPath.Original)
 	}
 	return nil