diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7267e5b..4869b4d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## New version
 - Fix session provisioning timeout and delay handling
-- Add delta_table_replace materialization
+- Fix table materialization for Delta models
 
 ## v1.8.1
 - Fix typo in README.md
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/glue/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/glue/impl.py
index fac57744..2f9ef795 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/glue/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/glue/impl.py
@@ -187,11 +187,14 @@ def get_relation(self, database, schema, identifier):
                 DatabaseName=schema,
                 Name=identifier
             )
+            is_delta = response.get('Table').get("Parameters").get("spark.sql.sources.provider") == "delta"
+
             relations = self.Relation.create(
                 database=schema,
                 schema=schema,
                 identifier=identifier,
-                type=self.relation_type_map.get(response.get("Table", {}).get("TableType", "Table"))
+                type=self.relation_type_map.get(response.get("Table", {}).get("TableType", "Table")),
+                is_delta=is_delta
             )
             logger.debug(f"""schema : {schema}
                              identifier : {identifier}
@@ -638,7 +641,7 @@ def delta_create_table(self, target_relation, request, primary_key, partition_ke
             location = custom_location
 
         create_table_query = f"""
-CREATE TABLE {table_name}
+CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE {table_name}
 USING delta
 LOCATION '{location}'
         """
diff --git a/dbt/include/glue/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/glue/macros/adapters.sql
index b1613442..b79f251c 100644
--- a/dbt/include/glue/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/glue/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -62,10 +62,18 @@
   {%- set file_format = config.get('file_format', validator=validation.any[basestring]) -%}
   {%- set table_properties = config.get('table_properties', default={}) -%}
 
+  {%- set create_statement_string -%}
+    {% if file_format in ['delta', 'iceberg'] -%}
+      create or replace table
+    {%- else -%}
+      create table
+    {% endif %}
+  {%- endset %}
+
   {% if temporary -%}
     {{ create_temporary_view(relation, sql) }}
   {%- else -%}
-    	create table {{ relation }}
+    	{{ create_statement_string }} {{ relation }}
     	{% set contract_config = config.get('contract') %}
       {% if contract_config.enforced %}
         {{ get_assert_columns_equivalent(sql) }}
diff --git a/dbt/include/glue/macros/materializations/table/delta_table_replace.sql b/dbt/include/glue/macros/materializations/table/delta_table_replace.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b18e2ef..00000000
--- a/dbt/include/glue/macros/materializations/table/delta_table_replace.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{% materialization delta_table_replace, adapter='glue' %}
-  {%- set partition_by = config.get('partition_by', none) -%}
-  {%- set table_properties = config.get('table_properties', default={}) -%}
-  {% set lf_tags_config = config.get('lf_tags_config') -%}
-  {%- set lf_grants = config.get('lf_grants') -%}
-  {%- set target_relation = this -%}
-  {%- set build_sql = delta_create_or_replace(target_relation, table_properties) -%}
-
-  {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks) }}
-
-  {%- call statement('main') -%}
-    {{ build_sql }}
-  {%- endcall -%}
-
-  {% do persist_docs(target_relation, model) %}
-
-  {% do persist_constraints(target_relation, model) %}
-    
-  {% if lf_tags_config is not none %}
-    {{ adapter.add_lf_tags(target_relation, lf_tags_config) }}
-  {% endif %}
-
-  {% if lf_grants is not none %}
-    {{ adapter.apply_lf_grants(target_relation, lf_grants) }}
-  {% endif %}
-
-  {{ run_hooks(post_hooks) }}
-
-  {{ return({'relations': [target_relation]}) }}
-
-{% endmaterialization %}
-
-{% macro delta_create_or_replace(relation, table_properties) %}
-  create or replace table {{ relation }}
-  using delta
-  {{ set_table_properties(table_properties) }}
-  {{ partition_cols(label="partitioned by") }}
-  {{ glue__location_clause(relation) }}
-  {{ comment_clause() }}
-  as
-  {{ sql }}
-{% endmacro %}