diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DomainMetadataUtils.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DomainMetadataUtils.scala
index 9d1c4ecad64..a5236f40c3f 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DomainMetadataUtils.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DomainMetadataUtils.scala
@@ -21,16 +21,21 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.actions.{Action, DomainMetadata, Protocol}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.clustering.ClusteringMetadataDomain
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.metering.DeltaLogging
 
-object DomainMetadataUtils extends DeltaLogging {
+/**
+ * Domain metadata utility functions.
+ */
+trait DomainMetadataUtilsBase extends DeltaLogging {
   // List of metadata domains that will be removed for the REPLACE TABLE operation.
-  private val METADATA_DOMAINS_TO_REMOVE_FOR_REPLACE_TABLE: Set[String] = Set(
-  )
+  protected val METADATA_DOMAINS_TO_REMOVE_FOR_REPLACE_TABLE: Set[String] = Set(
+    ClusteringMetadataDomain.domainName)
+
   // List of metadata domains that will be copied from the table we are restoring to.
-  private val METADATA_DOMAIN_TO_COPY_FOR_RESTORE_TABLE =
-    METADATA_DOMAINS_TO_REMOVE_FOR_REPLACE_TABLE
+  // Note that ClusteringMetadataDomain are recreated in handleDomainMetadataForRestoreTable
+  // instead of being blindly copied over.
+  protected val METADATA_DOMAIN_TO_COPY_FOR_RESTORE_TABLE: Set[String] = Set.empty
 
   // List of metadata domains that will be copied from the table on a CLONE operation.
-  private val METADATA_DOMAIN_TO_COPY_FOR_CLONE_TABLE: Set[String] = Set(
+  protected val METADATA_DOMAIN_TO_COPY_FOR_CLONE_TABLE: Set[String] = Set(
     ClusteringMetadataDomain.domainName)
 
   /**
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ object DomainMetadataUtils extends DeltaLogging {
    *    "copy" list (e.g., table features require some specific domains to be copied).
    *  - All other domains not in the list are dropped from the "toSnapshot".
    *
-   * For clustering metadata domains, it overwrites the existing domain metadata in the
+   * For clustering metadata domain, it overwrites the existing domain metadata in the
    * fromSnapshot with the following clustering columns.
    * 1. If toSnapshot is not a clustered table or missing domain metadata, use empty clustering
    *    columns.
@@ -125,7 +130,11 @@ object DomainMetadataUtils extends DeltaLogging {
       Seq.empty
     }
 
-    filteredDomainMetadata ++ Seq(ClusteredTableUtils.createDomainMetadata(clusteringColumns))
+    val matchingMetadataDomain =
+      ClusteredTableUtils.getMatchingMetadataDomain(
+        clusteringColumns,
+        fromSnapshot.domainMetadata)
+    filteredDomainMetadata ++ matchingMetadataDomain.clusteringDomain
   }
 
   /**
@@ -138,3 +147,5 @@ object DomainMetadataUtils extends DeltaLogging {
     }
   }
 }
+
+object DomainMetadataUtils extends DomainMetadataUtilsBase
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableUtils.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableUtils.scala
index fe3e8b12633..33e68ab5d4a 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableUtils.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableUtils.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.CatalogTable
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{StructField, StructType}
 
+case class MatchingMetadataDomain(
+    clusteringDomain: Option[DomainMetadata]
+)
+
 /**
  * Clustered table utility functions.
  */
@@ -146,14 +150,33 @@ trait ClusteredTableUtilsBase extends DeltaLogging {
         txn.protocol, txn.metadata, clusterBy)
       val clusteringColumns =
         clusterBy.columnNames.map(_.toString).map(ClusteringColumn(txn.metadata.schema, _))
-       Some(createDomainMetadata(clusteringColumns)).toSeq
+      Seq(createDomainMetadata(clusteringColumns))
     }.getOrElse {
-      if (txn.snapshot.domainMetadata.exists(_.domain == ClusteringMetadataDomain.domainName)) {
-        Some(createDomainMetadata(Seq.empty)).toSeq
+      getMatchingMetadataDomain(
+        Seq.empty,
+        txn.snapshot.domainMetadata).clusteringDomain.toSeq
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a sequence of [[DomainMetadata]] actions to update the existing domain metadata with
+   * the given clustering columns.
+   *
+   * This is mainly used for REPLACE TABLE and RESTORE TABLE.
+   */
+  def getMatchingMetadataDomain(
+      clusteringColumns: Seq[ClusteringColumn],
+      existingDomainMetadata: Seq[DomainMetadata]): MatchingMetadataDomain = {
+    val clusteringMetadataDomainOpt =
+      if (existingDomainMetadata.exists(_.domain == ClusteringMetadataDomain.domainName)) {
+        Some(ClusteringMetadataDomain.fromClusteringColumns(clusteringColumns).toDomainMetadata)
       } else {
-        None.toSeq
+        None
       }
-    }
+
+    MatchingMetadataDomain(
+      clusteringMetadataDomainOpt
+    )
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableDDLSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableDDLSuite.scala
index 36a3f0b548e..8fea8b49734 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableDDLSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/skipping/clustering/ClusteredTableDDLSuite.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import com.databricks.spark.util.{Log4jUsageLogger, MetricDefinitions}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.skipping.ClusteredTableTestUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.{DeltaAnalysisException, DeltaColumnMappingEnableIdMode, DeltaColumnMappingEnableNameMode, DeltaConfigs, DeltaExcludedBySparkVersionTestMixinShims, DeltaLog, DeltaUnsupportedOperationException}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.clustering.ClusteringMetadataDomain
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.sources.DeltaSQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.stats.SkippingEligibleDataType
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.test.{DeltaColumnMappingSelectedTestMixin, DeltaSQLCommandTest}
@@ -864,13 +865,32 @@ trait ClusteredTableDDLSuiteBase
       verifyClusteringColumns(tableIdentifier, "a")
     }
 
-    // Scenario 4: restore to latest version.
+    // Scenario 4: restore to start version.
     withClusteredTable(testTable, "a int", "a") {
       verifyClusteringColumns(tableIdentifier, "a")
 
+      sql(s"INSERT INTO $testTable VALUES (1)")
+
       sql(s"RESTORE TABLE $testTable TO VERSION AS OF 0")
       verifyClusteringColumns(tableIdentifier, "a")
     }
+
+    // Scenario 5: restore unclustered table to unclustered table.
+    withTable(testTable) {
+      sql(s"CREATE TABLE $testTable (a INT) USING delta")
+      val (_, startingSnapshot) = DeltaLog.forTableWithSnapshot(spark, tableIdentifier)
+      assert(!ClusteredTableUtils.isSupported(startingSnapshot.protocol))
+      assert(!startingSnapshot.domainMetadata.exists(_.domain ==
+        ClusteringMetadataDomain.domainName))
+
+      sql(s"INSERT INTO $testTable VALUES (1)")
+
+      sql(s"RESTORE TABLE $testTable TO VERSION AS OF 0").collect
+      val (_, currentSnapshot) = DeltaLog.forTableWithSnapshot(spark, tableIdentifier)
+      assert(!ClusteredTableUtils.isSupported(currentSnapshot.protocol))
+      assert(!currentSnapshot.domainMetadata.exists(_.domain ==
+        ClusteringMetadataDomain.domainName))
+    }
   }
 
   testSparkMasterOnly("Variant is not supported") {