diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db4d97a..de0215d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Removed the `parquet` extension installation step after opening the DuckDB connection
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2024-05-08
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/quackosm/pbf_file_reader.py b/quackosm/pbf_file_reader.py
index e7c4378..2b9575a 100644
--- a/quackosm/pbf_file_reader.py
+++ b/quackosm/pbf_file_reader.py
@@ -2507,8 +2507,9 @@ def _set_up_duckdb_connection(
     )
     connection.sql("SET enable_progress_bar = false;")
     connection.sql("SET enable_progress_bar_print = false;")
+
+    connection.install_extension("spatial")
     for extension_name in ("parquet", "spatial"):
-        connection.install_extension(extension_name)
         connection.load_extension(extension_name)
 
     connection.sql(