diff --git a/lib/Cube.js b/lib/Cube.js
index 3fa00ff..e6525d7 100644
--- a/lib/Cube.js
+++ b/lib/Cube.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class Cube extends Node {
 
     this.source = source
     this.ignore = new TermSet(ignore)
-    this.queryPrefix = '#pragma describe.strategy cbd\n'
     this.quads = []
   }
 
@@ -38,10 +37,8 @@ class Cube extends Node {
   }
 
   cubeQuery () {
-    const prefix = this.queryPrefix || ''
     const query = cubeQuery({ cube: this.term, graph: this.source.graph })
-
-    return [prefix, query.toString()].join('')
+    return query.toString()
   }
 
   async fetchCube () {
@@ -54,10 +51,10 @@ class Cube extends Node {
 
   shapeQuery () {
     if (!this.source.graph) {
-      return `${this.queryPrefix}DESCRIBE <${this.ptr.out(ns.cube.observationConstraint).value}>`
+      return `DESCRIBE <${this.ptr.out(ns.cube.observationConstraint).value}>`
     }
 
-    return `${this.queryPrefix}DESCRIBE <${this.ptr.out(ns.cube.observationConstraint).value}> FROM <${this.source.graph.value}>`
+    return `DESCRIBE <${this.ptr.out(ns.cube.observationConstraint).value}> FROM <${this.source.graph.value}>`
   }
 
   async fetchShape () {