diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19443e389dcfb..e63d02fa5b4cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,5 +63,3 @@ plugin-transpiler/dist
 *-esbuild-meta.json
 *-esbuild-bundle-visualization.html
 .dlt
-# Crap generated by macOS sed – remove when `schema:build:python:fix-up-enum` is gone from package.json
-*.py-e
diff --git a/bin/build-schema.mjs b/bin/build-schema-json.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/build-schema.mjs
rename to bin/build-schema-json.mjs
diff --git a/bin/build-schema-python.sh b/bin/build-schema-python.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..d3415a7118dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build-schema-python.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Generate schema.py from schema.json
+datamodel-codegen \
+    --class-name='SchemaRoot' --collapse-root-models --target-python-version 3.10 --disable-timestamp \
+    --use-one-literal-as-default --use-default --use-default-kwarg --use-subclass-enum \
+    --input frontend/src/queries/schema.json --input-file-type jsonschema \
+    --output posthog/schema.py --output-model-type pydantic_v2.BaseModel
+
+# Format schema.py
+ruff format posthog/schema.py
+
+# HACK: Datamodel-codegen output for enum-type fields with a default is invalid – the default value is a plain string,
+# and not the expected enum member. We fix this using sed, which is pretty hacky, but does the job.
+# Specifically, we need to replace `Optional[PropertyOperator] = "exact"`
+# with `Optional[PropertyOperator] = PropertyOperator("exact")` to make the default value valid.
+# Remove this when https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/issues/1929 is resolved.
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    # sed needs `-i` to be followed by `''` on macOS
+    sed -i '' -e 's/Optional\[PropertyOperator\] = \("[A-Za-z_]*"\)/Optional[PropertyOperator] = PropertyOperator(\1)/g' posthog/schema.py
+else
+    sed -i -e 's/Optional\[PropertyOperator\] = \("[A-Za-z_]*"\)/Optional[PropertyOperator] = PropertyOperator(\1)/g' posthog/schema.py
+fi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f7a26d84a4f2..27b43a897392e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@
         "build": "pnpm copy-scripts && pnpm build:esbuild",
         "build:esbuild": "node frontend/build.mjs",
         "schema:build": "pnpm run schema:build:json && pnpm run schema:build:python",
-        "schema:build:json": "ts-node bin/build-schema.mjs && prettier --write frontend/src/queries/schema.json",
-        "schema:build:python": "datamodel-codegen --class-name='SchemaRoot' --collapse-root-models --target-python-version 3.10 --disable-timestamp --use-one-literal-as-default --use-default --use-default-kwarg --use-subclass-enum --input frontend/src/queries/schema.json --input-file-type jsonschema --output posthog/schema.py --output-model-type pydantic_v2.BaseModel && ruff format posthog/schema.py && npm run schema:build:python:fix-up-enum",
-        "schema:build:python:fix-up-enum": "sed -i -e 's/Optional\\[PropertyOperator\\] = \\(\"[A-Za-z_]*\"\\)/Optional[PropertyOperator] = PropertyOperator(\\1)/g' posthog/schema.py # THIS SED INVOCATION IS A MASSIVE HACK - remove when datamodel-codegen properly supports enums",
+        "schema:build:json": "ts-node bin/build-schema-json.mjs && prettier --write frontend/src/queries/schema.json",
+        "schema:build:python": "bash bin/build-schema-python.sh",
         "grammar:build": "npm run grammar:build:python && npm run grammar:build:cpp",
         "grammar:build:python": "cd posthog/hogql/grammar && antlr -Dlanguage=Python3 HogQLLexer.g4 && antlr -visitor -no-listener -Dlanguage=Python3 HogQLParser.g4",
         "grammar:build:cpp": "cd posthog/hogql/grammar && antlr -o ../../../hogql_parser -Dlanguage=Cpp HogQLLexer.g4 && antlr -o ../../../hogql_parser -visitor -no-listener -Dlanguage=Cpp HogQLParser.g4",