diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ae2577..4bedfb9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## dbt-external-tables VNEXT
+
+
+### Snowflake
+* Snowpipes should never refresh even if `auto_refresh` is set to `True` ([#250](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-external-tables/issues/250)
+
 ## dbt-external-tables v0.9.0
 
 ### Snowflake
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql
index 807cbb5..c87b49c 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/snowflake/get_external_build_plan.sql
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                 dbt_external_tables.snowflake_create_snowpipe(source_node)
             ] %}
         {% else %}
-            {% set build_plan = build_plan + dbt_external_tables.snowflake_refresh_snowpipe(source_node) %}
+            {% set build_plan = build_plan + dbt_external_tables.refresh_external_table(source_node) %}
         {% endif %}
             
     {% else %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/refresh_external_table.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/refresh_external_table.sql
index accf182..e5237e6 100644
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/refresh_external_table.sql
+++ b/macros/plugins/snowflake/refresh_external_table.sql
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
         
         {% do return([ddl]) %}
     
+     {% elif snowpipe is not none %}
+     
+        {% do return([]) %}
+
     {% else %}
     
         {% do return([]) %}
diff --git a/macros/plugins/snowflake/snowpipe/refresh_snowpipe.sql b/macros/plugins/snowflake/snowpipe/refresh_snowpipe.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index cf80055..0000000
--- a/macros/plugins/snowflake/snowpipe/refresh_snowpipe.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{% macro snowflake_refresh_snowpipe(source_node) %}
-
-    {% set snowpipe = source_node.external.snowpipe %}
-    {% set auto_ingest = snowpipe.get('auto_ingest', false) if snowpipe is mapping %}
-    
-    {% if auto_ingest is true %}
-    
-        {% do return([]) %}
-    
-    {% else %}
-    
-        {% set ddl %}
-        alter pipe {{source(source_node.source_name, source_node.name)}} refresh
-        {% endset %}
-        
-        {{ return([ddl]) }}
-    
-    {% endif %}
-    
-{% endmacro %}