diff --git a/lib/sql/dialect.go b/lib/sql/dialect.go
index c46cb14bd..9a7fcfa22 100644
--- a/lib/sql/dialect.go
+++ b/lib/sql/dialect.go
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ type Dialect interface {
 	QuoteIdentifier(identifier string) string
 }
 
-type MSSQLDialect struct{}
-
-func (MSSQLDialect) NeedsEscaping(_ string) bool { return true }
-
-func (MSSQLDialect) QuoteIdentifier(identifier string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, identifier)
-}
-
 type BigQueryDialect struct{}
 
 func (BigQueryDialect) NeedsEscaping(_ string) bool { return true }
@@ -32,6 +24,14 @@ func (BigQueryDialect) QuoteIdentifier(identifier string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("`%s`", identifier)
 }
 
+type MSSQLDialect struct{}
+
+func (MSSQLDialect) NeedsEscaping(_ string) bool { return true }
+
+func (MSSQLDialect) QuoteIdentifier(identifier string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, identifier)
+}
+
 type RedshiftDialect struct{}
 
 func (RedshiftDialect) NeedsEscaping(_ string) bool { return true }
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ type SnowflakeDialect struct {
 	UppercaseEscNames bool
 }
 
-// symbolsToEscape are additional keywords that we need to escape
-var symbolsToEscape = []string{":"}
-
 func (sd SnowflakeDialect) NeedsEscaping(name string) bool {
 	if sd.UppercaseEscNames {
 		// If uppercaseEscNames is true then we will escape all identifiers that do not start with the Artie priefix.
@@ -55,15 +52,9 @@ func (sd SnowflakeDialect) NeedsEscaping(name string) bool {
 		// we were to use them in a query without any escaping at all.
 		return true
 	} else {
-		if slices.Contains(constants.ReservedKeywords, name) {
+		if slices.Contains(constants.ReservedKeywords, name) || strings.Contains(name, ":") {
 			return true
 		}
-		// If it does not contain any reserved words, does it contain any symbols that need to be escaped?
-		for _, symbol := range symbolsToEscape {
-			if strings.Contains(name, symbol) {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
 		// If it still doesn't need to be escaped, we should check if it's a number.
 		if _, err := strconv.Atoi(name); err == nil {
 			return true
diff --git a/lib/typing/columns/columns.go b/lib/typing/columns/columns.go
index e9dac6272..6623d61c6 100644
--- a/lib/typing/columns/columns.go
+++ b/lib/typing/columns/columns.go
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ func (c *Column) RawName() string {
 }
 
 // Name will give you c.name and escape it if necessary.
-// Plus we will escape it if the column name is part of the reserved words from destinations.
-// If so, it'll change from `start` => `"start"` as suggested by Snowflake.
 func (c *Column) Name(dialect sql.Dialect) string {
 	return sql.EscapeNameIfNecessary(c.name, dialect)
 }