diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
index c422b56b..0a7bdb8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-docker-client:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         docker_target: ["msodbc17", "msodbc18", "mssql"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3a9fe22..2c40498e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ The same setting is also honoured via `vars:` for backwards compatibility; the b
 
 [![Unit tests](https://github.com/dbt-msft/dbt-sqlserver/actions/workflows/unit-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dbt-msft/dbt-sqlserver/actions/workflows/unit-tests.yml)
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-[![Integration tests on Azure](https://github.com/dbt-msft/dbt-sqlserver/actions/workflows/integration-tests-azure.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dbt-msft/dbt-sqlserver/actions/workflows/integration-tests-azure.yml)
 
 This adapter is community-maintained.
 You are welcome to contribute by creating issues, opening or reviewing pull requests, or helping other users in the Slack channel.
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_auth.py b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_auth.py
index 3a7993fb..8985ff66 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_auth.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/sqlserver/sqlserver_auth.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 from itertools import chain, repeat
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, Mapping, Optional, cast
 
+import dbt_common.exceptions
+
 from dbt.adapters.events.logging import AdapterLogger
 from dbt.adapters.sqlserver.sqlserver_constants import (
     AAD_TOKEN_AUTHENTICATIONS,
@@ -292,11 +294,9 @@ def get_pyodbc_attrs_before_credentials(credentials: SQLServerCredentials) -> Di
 
     if authentication == "activedirectoryaccesstoken":
         if credentials.access_token is None or credentials.access_token_expires_on is None:
-            raise ValueError(
-                (
-                    "Access token and a non-zero access token expiry epoch timestamp are "
-                    "required for ActiveDirectoryAccessToken authentication."
-                )
+            raise dbt_common.exceptions.DbtRuntimeError(
+                "Access token and a non-zero access token expiry epoch timestamp are "
+                "required for ActiveDirectoryAccessToken authentication."
             )
 
         if credentials.access_token_expires_on == 0:
diff --git a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/models/table/clone.sql b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/models/table/clone.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index a5981283..00000000
--- a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/materializations/models/table/clone.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{% macro sqlserver__create_or_replace_clone(target_relation, defer_relation) %}
-    CREATE TABLE {{target_relation}}
-    AS CLONE OF {{defer_relation}}
-{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/relations/views/create.sql b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/relations/views/create.sql
index f5ec760c..2d614c38 100644
--- a/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/relations/views/create.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/sqlserver/macros/relations/views/create.sql
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
         CREATE OR ALTER VIEW {{ relation.include(database=False) }} AS {{ sql }};
     {% endset %}
 
-    {% set tst %}
-    SELECT '1' as col
-    {% endset %}
     USE [{{ relation.database }}];
     EXEC('{{- escape_single_quotes(query) -}}')
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/adapters/mssql/test_sqlserver_connection_manager.py b/tests/unit/adapters/mssql/test_sqlserver_connection_manager.py
index e1e315dd..a10b2810 100644
--- a/tests/unit/adapters/mssql/test_sqlserver_connection_manager.py
+++ b/tests/unit/adapters/mssql/test_sqlserver_connection_manager.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_get_pyodbc_attrs_before_active_directory_access_token_requires_expiry(
     credentials.access_token = "some-token"
 
     credentials.access_token_expires_on = None
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="access token expiry"):
+    with pytest.raises(DbtRuntimeError, match="access token expiry"):
         get_pyodbc_attrs_before_credentials(credentials)