diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20220314-200236.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20220314-200236.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65783acc3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20220314-200236.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Inconsistent timestamps between inserted/updated and deleted rows in snapshots
+time: 2022-03-14T20:02:36.119598832+01:00
+custom:
+  Author: kadero
+  Issue: "4347"
+  PR: "4513"
diff --git a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/strategies.sql b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/strategies.sql
index 9e4d7d847c4..a42e994d03a 100644
--- a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/strategies.sql
+++ b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshots/strategies.sql
@@ -132,17 +132,7 @@
     {% set check_cols_config = config['check_cols'] %}
     {% set primary_key = config['unique_key'] %}
     {% set invalidate_hard_deletes = config.get('invalidate_hard_deletes', false) %}
-
-    {% set select_current_time -%}
-        select {{ snapshot_get_time() }} as snapshot_start
-    {%- endset %}
-
-    {#-- don't access the column by name, to avoid dealing with casing issues on snowflake #}
-    {%- set now = run_query(select_current_time)[0][0] -%}
-    {% if now is none or now is undefined -%}
-        {%- do exceptions.raise_compiler_error('Could not get a snapshot start time from the database') -%}
-    {%- endif %}
-    {% set updated_at = config.get('updated_at', snapshot_string_as_time(now)) %}
+    {% set updated_at = snapshot_get_time() %}
 
     {% set column_added = false %}