diff --git a/clients/bigquery/append.go b/clients/bigquery/append.go
index 22b18e5c8..8e4e221b0 100644
--- a/clients/bigquery/append.go
+++ b/clients/bigquery/append.go
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ import (
 
 func (s *Store) Append(tableData *optimization.TableData) error {
 	tableID := s.IdentifierFor(tableData.TopicConfig(), tableData.Name())
-	return shared.Append(s, tableData, s.config, types.AppendOpts{TempTableID: tableID})
+	return shared.Append(s, tableData, types.AppendOpts{TempTableID: tableID})
 }
diff --git a/clients/mssql/store.go b/clients/mssql/store.go
index 17970eb52..e3a66e704 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/store.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/store.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (s *Store) Merge(tableData *optimization.TableData) error {
 
 func (s *Store) Append(tableData *optimization.TableData) error {
 	tableID := s.IdentifierFor(tableData.TopicConfig(), tableData.Name())
-	return shared.Append(s, tableData, s.config, types.AppendOpts{TempTableID: tableID})
+	return shared.Append(s, tableData, types.AppendOpts{TempTableID: tableID})
 }
 
 // specificIdentifierFor returns a MS SQL [TableIdentifier] for a [TopicConfig] + table name.
diff --git a/clients/redshift/writes.go b/clients/redshift/writes.go
index 167e34da2..fcaf08e67 100644
--- a/clients/redshift/writes.go
+++ b/clients/redshift/writes.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (s *Store) Append(tableData *optimization.TableData) error {
 	// Redshift is slightly different, we'll load and create the temporary table via shared.Append
 	// Then, we'll invoke `ALTER TABLE target APPEND FROM staging` to combine the diffs.
 	temporaryTableID := shared.TempTableID(tableID, tableData.TempTableSuffix())
-	if err := shared.Append(s, tableData, s.config, types.AppendOpts{TempTableID: temporaryTableID}); err != nil {
+	if err := shared.Append(s, tableData, types.AppendOpts{TempTableID: temporaryTableID}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/clients/shared/append.go b/clients/shared/append.go
index 07d38bb74..21c755194 100644
--- a/clients/shared/append.go
+++ b/clients/shared/append.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package shared
 import (
 	"log/slog"
 
-	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/config"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/config/constants"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/destination"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/destination/ddl"
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing/columns"
 )
 
-func Append(dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimization.TableData, cfg config.Config, opts types.AppendOpts) error {
+func Append(dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimization.TableData, opts types.AppendOpts) error {
 	if tableData.ShouldSkipUpdate() {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/clients/shared/utils.go b/clients/shared/utils.go
index dcc7bbe0f..2fefe7b2c 100644
--- a/clients/shared/utils.go
+++ b/clients/shared/utils.go
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ func BackfillColumn(cfg config.Config, dwh destination.DataWarehouse, column col
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to escape default value: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	uppercaseEscNames := dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames()
-	escapedCol := column.Name(uppercaseEscNames, &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: dwh.Label()})
+	escapedCol := column.Name(dwh.ShouldUppercaseEscapedNames(), &sql.NameArgs{Escape: true, DestKind: dwh.Label()})
 
 	// TODO: This is added because `default` is not technically a column that requires escaping, but it is required when it's in the where clause.
 	// Once we escape everything by default, we can remove this patch of code.
diff --git a/clients/snowflake/writes.go b/clients/snowflake/writes.go
index 81a31509d..90bdda710 100644
--- a/clients/snowflake/writes.go
+++ b/clients/snowflake/writes.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (s *Store) Append(tableData *optimization.TableData) error {
 
 		tableID := s.IdentifierFor(tableData.TopicConfig(), tableData.Name())
 		// TODO: For history mode - in the future, we could also have a separate stage name for history mode so we can enable parallel processing.
-		err = shared.Append(s, tableData, s.config, types.AppendOpts{
+		err = shared.Append(s, tableData, types.AppendOpts{
 			TempTableID:          tableID,
 			AdditionalCopyClause: `FILE_FORMAT = (TYPE = 'csv' FIELD_DELIMITER= '\t' FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY='"' NULL_IF='\\N' EMPTY_FIELD_AS_NULL=FALSE) PURGE = TRUE`,
 		})