diff --git a/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py b/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
index ae4e585d524..a118886abc7 100644
--- a/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
+++ b/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def create_from_node(
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Self:
         if quote_policy is None:
-            quote_policy = {}
+            quote_policy = node.config.quoting if hasattr(node.config, "quoting") else {}
 
         quote_policy = dbt.utils.merge(config.quoting, quote_policy)
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/context/providers.py b/core/dbt/context/providers.py
index 3c2d593546b..fc00f07099a 100644
--- a/core/dbt/context/providers.py
+++ b/core/dbt/context/providers.py
@@ -518,11 +518,7 @@ def resolve(
         return self.create_relation(target_model)
 
     def create_relation(self, target_model: ManifestNode) -> RelationProxy:
-        if target_model.is_external_node:
-            # Get quoting from publication artifact
-            pub_metadata = self.manifest.publications[target_model.package_name].metadata
-            return self.Relation.create_from_node(pub_metadata, target_model)
-        elif target_model.is_ephemeral_model:
+        if target_model.is_ephemeral_model:
             self.model.set_cte(target_model.unique_id, None)
             return self.Relation.create_ephemeral_from_node(self.config, target_model)
         else:
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/manifest.py b/core/dbt/parser/manifest.py
index e8ab8bdf59e..fccdc42d52d 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/manifest.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/manifest.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     ResultNode,
     ModelNode,
     NodeRelation,
+    NodeConfig,
 )
 from dbt.contracts.graph.unparsed import NodeVersion
 from dbt.contracts.util import Writable
@@ -877,6 +878,7 @@ def load_new_public_nodes(self):
                             ),
                             original_file_path="",
                             path="",
+                            config=NodeConfig(quoting=publication.metadata.quoting),
                         )
                     )