diff --git a/crates/sqlexec/src/resolve.rs b/crates/sqlexec/src/resolve.rs
index f4b25c99b..3db6b1327 100644
--- a/crates/sqlexec/src/resolve.rs
+++ b/crates/sqlexec/src/resolve.rs
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ impl<'a> EntryResolver<'a> {
                 schema,
                 table,
             } => {
-                if let Some(table) = self.catalog.get_temp_catalog().resolve_temp_table(table) {
-                    return Ok(ResolvedEntry::Entry(CatalogEntry::Table(table)));
-                }
                 // If catalog is anything but "default", we know we need to do
                 // external resolution since we don't store info about
                 // individual tables.
diff --git a/testdata/sqllogictests/temp_table.slt b/testdata/sqllogictests/temp_table.slt
index 96a0679fe..1b0f90981 100644
--- a/testdata/sqllogictests/temp_table.slt
+++ b/testdata/sqllogictests/temp_table.slt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ select * from t1;
 
 # Dropping temp tables
 
-statement error 
+statement error
 drop table t1, t2;
 
 # t1 shouldn't be dropped
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ select * from t1
 3
 5
 
-# Need to determine if below behavior is correct.
-halt
-
 statement ok
 drop table t1, abc;
 
@@ -124,12 +121,6 @@ select * from current_session.abc;
 statement error Unable to fetch table provider
 select * from t1;
 
-# external abc should still exist
-statement ok
-select * from current_session.abc limit 1;
-
-
-
 # Create -> Replace -> Drop
 
 statement ok
@@ -159,4 +150,14 @@ select * from tmp1;
 query I
 select count(*) from glare_catalog.tables where table_name = 'tmp1';
 ----
-0
\ No newline at end of file
+0
+
+# Ensure we don't accidentally resolve to a temp table when we shouldn't. There
+# was a misplaced temp table check when provided a fully qualified reference
+# which short-circuited actually hitting an external db.
+
+statement ok
+create temp table my_temp as select * from generate_series(1, 5);
+
+statement error Unable to fetch table provider
+select * from external_db.extenal_schema.my_temp;