diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py
index 16ae5b5b51..70ea1807ec 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py
@@ -61,6 +61,21 @@ def inject_virtual_catalog(self, gateway: str) -> None:
         configured = self._extra_config.get("virtual_catalog")
         self._default_catalog = f"__{gateway}__" if configured is None else configured
 
+    def _to_sql(self, expression: exp.Expr, quote: bool = True, **kwargs: t.Any) -> str:
+        """Render SQL without the virtual catalog, which ClickHouse does not support."""
+        if self._default_catalog and any(self._virtual_catalog_references(expression)):
+            expression = expression.copy()
+            for reference in list(self._virtual_catalog_references(expression)):
+                reference.set("catalog", None)
+        return super()._to_sql(expression, quote=quote, **kwargs)
+
+    def _virtual_catalog_references(self, expression: exp.Expr) -> t.Iterator[exp.Expr]:
+        return (
+            reference
+            for reference in expression.find_all(exp.Table, exp.Column)
+            if reference.text("catalog") == self._default_catalog
+        )
+
     @property
     def engine_run_mode(self) -> EngineRunMode:
         if self._extra_config.get("cloud_mode"):
diff --git a/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_clickhouse.py b/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_clickhouse.py
index a3dfe0fdda..5af04304be 100644
--- a/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_clickhouse.py
+++ b/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_clickhouse.py
@@ -1596,6 +1596,65 @@ def test_virtual_catalog_stripped_in_alter_table(make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.C
     assert "ALTER TABLE" in sql_calls[0]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "query_sql, expected_sql",
+    [
+        (
+            'INSERT INTO __ch_gw__.mydb.target ("id") '
+            "SELECT __ch_gw__.mydb.source.id FROM __ch_gw__.mydb.source",
+            'INSERT INTO "mydb"."target" ("id") SELECT "mydb"."source"."id" FROM "mydb"."source"',
+        ),
+        (
+            "SELECT __ch_gw__.mydb.source.id FROM __ch_gw__.mydb.source",
+            'SELECT "mydb"."source"."id" FROM "mydb"."source"',
+        ),
+        (
+            "SELECT __ch_gw__.mydb.source.id, '__ch_gw__.literal' FROM __ch_gw__.mydb.source "
+            "JOIN other_catalog.otherdb.source ON __ch_gw__.mydb.source.id = "
+            "other_catalog.otherdb.source.id",
+            'SELECT "mydb"."source"."id", \'__ch_gw__.literal\' FROM "mydb"."source" JOIN '
+            '"other_catalog"."otherdb"."source" ON "mydb"."source"."id" = '
+            '"other_catalog"."otherdb"."source"."id"',
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_virtual_catalog_stripped_from_execute_queries(
+    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable, query_sql: str, expected_sql: str
+):
+    adapter = make_mocked_engine_adapter(ClickhouseEngineAdapter)
+    adapter.inject_virtual_catalog("ch_gw")
+    query = parse_one(query_sql, dialect="clickhouse")
+    original_sql = query.sql(dialect="clickhouse")
+
+    adapter.execute(query)
+
+    assert query.sql(dialect="clickhouse") == original_sql
+    assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [expected_sql]
+
+
+def test_virtual_catalog_stripped_from_ctas_and_delete(make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable):
+    adapter = make_mocked_engine_adapter(ClickhouseEngineAdapter)
+    adapter.inject_virtual_catalog("ch_gw")
+
+    adapter.ctas(
+        "__ch_gw__.mydb.target",
+        parse_one("SELECT __ch_gw__.mydb.source.id FROM __ch_gw__.mydb.source"),
+        {"id": exp.DataType.build("Int32")},
+    )
+    adapter.delete_from(
+        "__ch_gw__.mydb.target",
+        "__ch_gw__.mydb.target.id IN (SELECT id FROM __ch_gw__.mydb.source)",
+    )
+
+    assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [
+        'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "mydb"."target" ENGINE=MergeTree ORDER BY () AS '
+        'SELECT CAST("id" AS Nullable(Int32)) AS "id" FROM '
+        '(SELECT "mydb"."source"."id" FROM "mydb"."source") AS "_subquery"',
+        'DELETE FROM "mydb"."target" WHERE "mydb"."target"."id" IN '
+        '(SELECT "id" FROM "mydb"."source")',
+    ]
+
+
 def test_virtual_catalog_stripped_from_create_view_source(
     make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable,
 ):