diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py
index 92e3c33e6f..23dfb91ad2 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/clickhouse.py
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ 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 queries without the synthetic catalog unsupported by ClickHouse."""
+        virtual_catalog = self._default_catalog or self._extra_config.get("virtual_catalog")
+        if virtual_catalog and isinstance(expression, (exp.Query, exp.Insert)):
+            expression = expression.copy()
+            for reference in expression.find_all(exp.Table, exp.Column):
+                if reference.text("catalog") == virtual_catalog:
+                    reference.set("catalog", None)
+        return super()._to_sql(expression, quote=quote, **kwargs)
+
     @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..6ed552075f 100644
--- a/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_clickhouse.py
+++ b/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_clickhouse.py
@@ -1596,6 +1596,75 @@ 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"',
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+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_execute_preserves_unconfigured_catalog_and_literals(
+    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable,
+):
+    adapter = make_mocked_engine_adapter(ClickhouseEngineAdapter)
+    query = parse_one(
+        "SELECT other_catalog.mydb.source.id, '__ch_gw__.literal' FROM other_catalog.mydb.source",
+        dialect="clickhouse",
+    )
+
+    adapter.execute(query)
+
+    assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [
+        'SELECT "other_catalog"."mydb"."source"."id", \'__ch_gw__.literal\' '
+        'FROM "other_catalog"."mydb"."source"'
+    ]
+
+
+def test_virtual_catalog_execute_uses_configured_catalog_fallback(
+    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable,
+):
+    adapter = make_mocked_engine_adapter(
+        ClickhouseEngineAdapter, virtual_catalog="configured_catalog"
+    )
+    query = parse_one(
+        "SELECT configured_catalog.mydb.source.id, other_catalog.otherdb.source.id, "
+        "'configured_catalog.literal' FROM configured_catalog.mydb.source "
+        "JOIN other_catalog.otherdb.source ON configured_catalog.mydb.source.id = "
+        "other_catalog.otherdb.source.id",
+        dialect="clickhouse",
+    )
+
+    adapter.execute(query)
+
+    assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [
+        'SELECT "mydb"."source"."id", "other_catalog"."otherdb"."source"."id", '
+        '\'configured_catalog.literal\' FROM "mydb"."source" JOIN '
+        '"other_catalog"."otherdb"."source" ON "mydb"."source"."id" = '
+        '"other_catalog"."otherdb"."source"."id"'
+    ]
+
+
 def test_virtual_catalog_stripped_from_create_view_source(
     make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable,
 ):