diff --git a/awswrangler/athena.py b/awswrangler/athena.py
index 9a6a5186a..7bf970b45 100644
--- a/awswrangler/athena.py
+++ b/awswrangler/athena.py
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ def _normalize_name(name: str) -> str:
         name = re.sub("(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)", r"\1_\2", name)
         name = re.sub("([a-z0-9])([A-Z])", r"\1_\2", name)
         name = name.lower()
-        name = re.sub(r"(_)\1+", "\\1", name)  # remove repeated underscores
         name = name[1:] if name.startswith("_") else name  # remove trailing underscores
         name = name[:-1] if name.endswith("_") else name  # remove trailing underscores
         return name