diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py
index c3c4d7b7055..19c8a1b6074 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/indexing.py
@@ -1311,16 +1311,12 @@ def __setitem__(
             set_as_coords = is_row_key_df and is_col_key_df
 
         new_qc = self.qc.set_2d_positional(
-            (
-                row_loc._query_compiler
-                if isinstance(row_loc, BasePandasDataset)
-                else row_loc
-            ),
-            (
-                col_loc._query_compiler
-                if isinstance(col_loc, BasePandasDataset)
-                else col_loc
-            ),
+            row_loc._query_compiler
+            if isinstance(row_loc, BasePandasDataset)
+            else row_loc,
+            col_loc._query_compiler
+            if isinstance(col_loc, BasePandasDataset)
+            else col_loc,
             item._query_compiler if isinstance(item, BasePandasDataset) else item,
             set_as_coords,
             is_item_series,
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/__init__.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/__init__.py
index 63c7a874a1e..d3ac525572a 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/__init__.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/__init__.py
@@ -56,27 +56,6 @@
 
 DocModule.put(docstrings.__name__)
 
-# Configure Modin engine so it detects our Snowflake I/O classes.
-# This is necessary to run even basic code like Series/DataFrame constructors,
-# as these factories define the `from_pandas` method for each Modin backend.
-
-from modin.config import Engine  # isort: skip  # noqa: E402
-
-# Secretly insert our factory class into Modin so the dispatcher can find it
-from modin.core.execution.dispatching.factories import (  # isort: skip  # noqa: E402
-    factories as modin_factories,
-)
-
-from snowflake.snowpark.modin.core.execution.dispatching.factories.factories import (  # isort: skip  # noqa: E402
-    PandasOnSnowflakeFactory,
-)
-
-modin_factories.PandasOnSnowflakeFactory = PandasOnSnowflakeFactory
-
-Engine.add_option("Snowflake")
-Engine.put("Snowflake")
-
-
 # We cannot call ModinDocModule.put directly because it will produce a call to `importlib.reload`
 # that will overwrite our extensions. We instead directly call the _inherit_docstrings annotation
 # See https://github.com/modin-project/modin/issues/7122
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py
index 82ac0db1042..8f0c3715e9b 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/compiler/snowflake_query_compiler.py
@@ -759,14 +759,6 @@ def copy(self) -> "SnowflakeQueryCompiler":
         qc.snowpark_pandas_api_calls = self.snowpark_pandas_api_calls.copy()
         return qc
 
-    def to_list(self) -> list:
-        """
-        Return a native Python list of the values.
-
-        Only called if the frontend object was a Series.
-        """
-        return self.to_pandas().squeeze().to_list()
-
     def series_to_dict(self, into=dict) -> dict:  # type: ignore
         """
         Convert the Series to a dictionary.
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/series_overrides.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/series_overrides.py
index d3bacd4e963..4a8e9e0d623 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/series_overrides.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/series_overrides.py
@@ -88,6 +88,50 @@ def decorator(base_method: Any):
     return decorator
 
 
+# Upstream modin has an extra check for `key in self.index`, which produces an extra query
+# when an attribute is not present.
+# Because __getattr__ itself is responsible for resolving extension methods, we cannot override
+# this method via the extensions module, and have to do it with an old-fashioned set.
+def __getattr__(self, key):
+    """
+    Return item identified by `key`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    key : hashable
+        Key to get.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Any
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    First try to use `__getattribute__` method. If it fails
+    try to get `key` from `Series` fields.
+    """
+    # TODO: SNOW-1063347: Modin upgrade - modin.pandas.Series functions
+    from modin.pandas.base import _ATTRS_NO_LOOKUP
+    from modin.pandas.series import _SERIES_EXTENSIONS_
+
+    try:
+        return _SERIES_EXTENSIONS_.get(key, object.__getattribute__(self, key))
+    except AttributeError as err:
+        if key not in _ATTRS_NO_LOOKUP:
+            try:
+                value = self[key]
+                if isinstance(value, Series) and value.empty:
+                    raise err
+                return value
+            except Exception:
+                # We want to raise err if self[key] raises any kind of exception
+                raise err
+        raise err
+
+
+Series.__getattr__ = __getattr__
+
+
 # === UNIMPLEMENTED METHODS ===
 # The following methods are not implemented in Snowpark pandas, and must be overridden on the
 # frontend. These methods fall into a few categories:
diff --git a/tests/integ/modin/series/test_getattr.py b/tests/integ/modin/series/test_getattr.py
index 908d2f044d7..56208fef974 100644
--- a/tests/integ/modin/series/test_getattr.py
+++ b/tests/integ/modin/series/test_getattr.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "name, expected_query_count, expected_join_count",
     [
-        # Upstream Modin performs a check against self.index["a"] rather than self["a"], incurring an additional query.
-        ("a", 3, 2),
+        ("a", 2, 2),
         ("index", 1, 0),
         ("mean", 0, 0),
     ],