diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240418-160240.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240418-160240.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9932def6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240418-160240.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Fix duplicate alias being added when running a model with inline refs and `--empty`
+time: 2024-04-18T16:02:40.488967-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
+  Issue: "980"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation.py
index ae037aebc..23952287c 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/relation.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 class SnowflakeRelation(BaseRelation):
     type: Optional[SnowflakeRelationType] = None  # type: ignore
     quote_policy: SnowflakeQuotePolicy = field(default_factory=lambda: SnowflakeQuotePolicy())
-
+    require_alias: bool = False
     renameable_relations: FrozenSet[SnowflakeRelationType] = field(
         default_factory=lambda: frozenset(
             {
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py b/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
index 37aa45f60..401179b71 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-from dbt.tests.adapter.empty.test_empty import BaseTestEmpty
+from dbt.tests.adapter.empty.test_empty import BaseTestEmpty, BaseTestEmptyInlineSourceRef
 
 
 class TestSnowflakeEmpty(BaseTestEmpty):
     pass
+
+
+class TestSnowflakeEmptyInlineSourceRef(BaseTestEmptyInlineSourceRef):
+    pass