diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/DataFrameWriterImpl.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/DataFrameWriterImpl.scala
index 7248a2d3f056e..f0eef9ae1cbb0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/DataFrameWriterImpl.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/DataFrameWriterImpl.scala
@@ -426,8 +426,10 @@ final class DataFrameWriterImpl[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) extends DataFram
     import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.CatalogV2Implicits._
 
     val session = df.sparkSession
-    val canUseV2 = lookupV2Provider().isDefined ||
-      df.sparkSession.sessionState.conf.getConf(SQLConf.V2_SESSION_CATALOG_IMPLEMENTATION).isDefined
+    val canUseV2 = lookupV2Provider().isDefined || (df.sparkSession.sessionState.conf.getConf(
+        SQLConf.V2_SESSION_CATALOG_IMPLEMENTATION).isDefined &&
+        !df.sparkSession.sessionState.catalogManager.catalog(CatalogManager.SESSION_CATALOG_NAME)
+          .isInstanceOf[DelegatingCatalogExtension])
 
     session.sessionState.sqlParser.parseMultipartIdentifier(tableName) match {
       case nameParts @ NonSessionCatalogAndIdentifier(catalog, ident) =>
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CollationSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CollationSuite.scala
index 5e7feec149c97..da8aad16f55d2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CollationSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CollationSuite.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.aggregate.{HashAggregateExec, ObjectHashAg
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.columnar.InMemoryTableScanExec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.joins._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.{SqlApiConf, SQLConf}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf.V2_SESSION_CATALOG_IMPLEMENTATION
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{ArrayType, MapType, StringType, StructField, StructType}
 
 class CollationSuite extends DatasourceV2SQLBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ class CollationSuite extends DatasourceV2SQLBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
   }
 
   test("disable bucketing on collated string column") {
-    spark.conf.unset(V2_SESSION_CATALOG_IMPLEMENTATION.key)
     def createTable(bucketColumns: String*): Unit = {
       val tableName = "test_partition_tbl"
       withTable(tableName) {
@@ -760,7 +758,6 @@ class CollationSuite extends DatasourceV2SQLBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
   }
 
   test("disable partition on collated string column") {
-    spark.conf.unset(V2_SESSION_CATALOG_IMPLEMENTATION.key)
     def createTable(partitionColumns: String*): Unit = {
       val tableName = "test_partition_tbl"
       withTable(tableName) {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2DataFrameSessionCatalogSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2DataFrameSessionCatalogSuite.scala
index 7bbb6485c273f..fe078c5ae4413 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2DataFrameSessionCatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2DataFrameSessionCatalogSuite.scala
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ class DataSourceV2DataFrameSessionCatalogSuite
     "and a same-name temp view exist") {
     withTable("same_name") {
       withTempView("same_name") {
-        val format = spark.sessionState.conf.defaultDataSourceName
-        sql(s"CREATE TABLE same_name(id LONG) USING $format")
+        sql(s"CREATE TABLE same_name(id LONG) USING $v2Format")
         spark.range(10).createTempView("same_name")
         spark.range(20).write.format(v2Format).mode(SaveMode.Append).saveAsTable("same_name")
         checkAnswer(spark.table("same_name"), spark.range(10).toDF())
@@ -88,6 +87,15 @@ class DataSourceV2DataFrameSessionCatalogSuite
       assert(tableInfo.properties().get("provider") === v2Format)
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-49246: saveAsTable with v1 format") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE t(c INT) USING csv")
+      val df = spark.range(10).toDF()
+      df.write.mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).format("csv").saveAsTable("t")
+      verifyTable("t", df)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class InMemoryTableSessionCatalog extends TestV2SessionCatalogBase[InMemoryTable] {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/TestV2SessionCatalogBase.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/TestV2SessionCatalogBase.scala
index ff944dbb805cb..2254abef3fcb6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/TestV2SessionCatalogBase.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/TestV2SessionCatalogBase.scala
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.CatalogTableType
-import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.{CatalogV2Util, Column, DelegatingCatalogExtension, Identifier, Table, TableCatalog, V1Table}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.{CatalogV2Util, Column, DelegatingCatalogExtension, Identifier, Table, TableCatalog}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.expressions.Transform
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
 
@@ -53,14 +52,10 @@ private[connector] trait TestV2SessionCatalogBase[T <: Table] extends Delegating
     if (tables.containsKey(ident)) {
       tables.get(ident)
     } else {
-      // Table was created through the built-in catalog
-      super.loadTable(ident) match {
-        case v1Table: V1Table if v1Table.v1Table.tableType == CatalogTableType.VIEW => v1Table
-        case t =>
-          val table = newTable(t.name(), t.schema(), t.partitioning(), t.properties())
-          addTable(ident, table)
-          table
-      }
+      // Table was created through the built-in catalog via v1 command, this is OK as the
+      // `loadTable` should always be invoked, and we set the `tableCreated` to pass validation.
+      tableCreated.set(true)
+      super.loadTable(ident)
     }
   }