diff --git a/singer_sdk/sinks/sql.py b/singer_sdk/sinks/sql.py
index 1b991c7f0..e4cdc6571 100644
--- a/singer_sdk/sinks/sql.py
+++ b/singer_sdk/sinks/sql.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from singer_sdk.connectors import SQLConnector
 from singer_sdk.exceptions import ConformedNameClashException
-from singer_sdk.helpers._conformers import replace_leading_digit, snakecase
+from singer_sdk.helpers._conformers import replace_leading_digit
 from singer_sdk.plugin_base import PluginBase
 from singer_sdk.sinks.batch import BatchSink
 
@@ -150,10 +150,18 @@ def conform_name(self, name: str, object_type: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
         Returns:
             The name transformed to snake case.
         """
-        # strip non-alphanumeric characters, keeping - . _ and spaces
+        # strip non-alphanumeric characters
         name = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.\s]", "", name)
-        # convert to snakecase
-        name = snakecase(name)
+        # strip leading/trailing whitespace,
+        # transform to lowercase and replace - . and spaces to _
+        name = (
+            name.lower()
+            .lstrip()
+            .rstrip()
+            .replace(".", "_")
+            .replace("-", "_")
+            .replace(" ", "_")
+        )
         # replace leading digit
         return replace_leading_digit(name)
 
diff --git a/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py b/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py
index 4897a0bdf..348ee053b 100644
--- a/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py
+++ b/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py
@@ -458,11 +458,11 @@ def test_hostile_to_sqlite(
     columns = {res[0] for res in cursor.fetchall()}
     assert columns == {
         "name_with_spaces",
-        "name_is_camel_case",
+        "nameiscamelcase",
         "name_with_dashes",
         "name_with_dashes_and_mixed_cases",
         "gname_starts_with_number",
         "fname_starts_with_number",
         "hname_starts_with_number",
-        "name_with_emoji",
+        "name_with_emoji_",
     }