diff --git a/src/EFCore.Specification.Tests/CustomConvertersTestBase.cs b/src/EFCore.Specification.Tests/CustomConvertersTestBase.cs
index d9ce6ae7ab5..aada44c618f 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Specification.Tests/CustomConvertersTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Specification.Tests/CustomConvertersTestBase.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
 using Xunit;
 
+// ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
 namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
 {
     public abstract class CustomConvertersTestBase<TFixture> : BuiltInDataTypesTestBase<TFixture>
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/Internal/RelationshipDiscoveryConvention.cs b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/Internal/RelationshipDiscoveryConvention.cs
index e6b67dbd2f4..7f863fe5d62 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/Internal/RelationshipDiscoveryConvention.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/Internal/RelationshipDiscoveryConvention.cs
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ private IReadOnlyList<RelationshipCandidate> FindRelationshipCandidates(Internal
                 var navigationPropertyInfo = candidateTuple.Key;
                 var targetClrType = candidateTuple.Value;
 
-                if (entityTypeBuilder.IsIgnored(navigationPropertyInfo.Name, ConfigurationSource.Convention)
-                    || (entityTypeBuilder.Metadata.IsQueryType
-                        && navigationPropertyInfo.PropertyType.TryGetSequenceType() != null))
+                if (!IsCandidateNavigationProperty(entityTypeBuilder, navigationPropertyInfo.Name, navigationPropertyInfo))
                 {
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -179,14 +177,15 @@ private IReadOnlyList<RelationshipCandidate> FindRelationshipCandidates(Internal
 
                     if (inverseTargetType != entityType.ClrType
                         || navigationPropertyInfo.IsSameAs(inversePropertyInfo)
-                        || candidateTargetEntityTypeBuilder.IsIgnored(inversePropertyInfo.Name, ConfigurationSource.Convention)
                         || entityType.IsQueryType
                         || (ownership != null
                             && (ownership.PrincipalEntityType != candidateTargetEntityType
                                 || ownership.PrincipalToDependent.Name != inversePropertyInfo.Name))
                         || (entityType.HasDefiningNavigation()
                             && (entityType.DefiningEntityType != candidateTargetEntityType
-                                || entityType.DefiningNavigationName != inversePropertyInfo.Name)))
+                                || entityType.DefiningNavigationName != inversePropertyInfo.Name))
+                        || !IsCandidateNavigationProperty(
+                            candidateTargetEntityTypeBuilder, inversePropertyInfo.Name, inversePropertyInfo))
                     {
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -663,8 +662,10 @@ public virtual bool Apply(
             string navigationName,
             MemberInfo propertyInfo)
         {
-            sourceEntityTypeBuilder = sourceEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.Builder;
-            if (!IsCandidateNavigationProperty(sourceEntityTypeBuilder, navigationName, propertyInfo))
+            if ((targetEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.Builder == null
+                 && sourceEntityTypeBuilder.ModelBuilder.IsIgnored(
+                     targetEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.Name, ConfigurationSource.Convention))
+                || !IsCandidateNavigationProperty(sourceEntityTypeBuilder, navigationName, propertyInfo))
             {
                 return true;
             }
@@ -696,35 +697,13 @@ private bool Apply(EntityType entityType, MemberInfo navigationProperty)
         [ContractAnnotation("propertyInfo:null => false")]
         private static bool IsCandidateNavigationProperty(
             InternalEntityTypeBuilder sourceEntityTypeBuilder, string navigationName, MemberInfo propertyInfo)
-        {
-            if (propertyInfo == null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (sourceEntityTypeBuilder == null
-                || sourceEntityTypeBuilder.ModelBuilder.IsIgnored(sourceEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.Name, ConfigurationSource.Convention))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (sourceEntityTypeBuilder.IsIgnored(navigationName, ConfigurationSource.Convention))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (sourceEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.FindProperty(navigationName) != null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (sourceEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.FindServiceProperty(navigationName) != null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
+            => propertyInfo != null
+               && sourceEntityTypeBuilder != null
+               && !sourceEntityTypeBuilder.IsIgnored(navigationName, ConfigurationSource.Convention)
+               && sourceEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.FindProperty(navigationName) == null
+               && sourceEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.FindServiceProperty(navigationName) == null
+               && (!sourceEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata.IsQueryType
+                   || (propertyInfo as PropertyInfo)?.PropertyType.TryGetSequenceType() == null);
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     This API supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and is not intended to be used
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalEntityTypeBuilder.cs b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalEntityTypeBuilder.cs
index 4b424a63191..71294e02198 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalEntityTypeBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalEntityTypeBuilder.cs
@@ -398,15 +398,19 @@ private InternalPropertyBuilder Property(
                         if ((duplicateNavigation.IsDependentToPrincipal()
                             ? foreignKey.GetDependentToPrincipalConfigurationSource()
                             : foreignKey.GetPrincipalToDependentConfigurationSource())
-                            .Overrides(configurationSource)
-                            && configurationSource == ConfigurationSource.Explicit)
+                            .Overrides(configurationSource))
                         {
-                            throw new InvalidOperationException(CoreStrings.PropertyCalledOnNavigation(propertyName, Metadata.DisplayName()));
+                            if (configurationSource == ConfigurationSource.Explicit)
+                            {
+                                throw new InvalidOperationException(CoreStrings.PropertyCalledOnNavigation(propertyName, Metadata.DisplayName()));
+                            }
+
+                            return null;
                         }
 
                         if (foreignKey.GetConfigurationSource() == ConfigurationSource.Convention)
                         {
-                            RemoveForeignKey(foreignKey, ConfigurationSource.Convention);
+                            foreignKey.DeclaringEntityType.Builder.RemoveForeignKey(foreignKey, ConfigurationSource.Convention);
                         }
                         else
                         {
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalRelationshipBuilder.cs b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalRelationshipBuilder.cs
index 607499dcb24..7831e242c68 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalRelationshipBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalRelationshipBuilder.cs
@@ -1444,7 +1444,8 @@ public virtual InternalRelationshipBuilder HasForeignKey(
                 return builder;
             }
 
-            if (!CanSetForeignKey(properties, dependentEntityType, configurationSource, out var resetIsRequired, out var resetPrincipalKey))
+            if (!CanSetForeignKey(
+                properties, dependentEntityType, configurationSource, out var resetIsRequired, out var resetPrincipalKey))
             {
                 return null;
             }
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Tests/ModelBuilding/NonRelationshipTestBase.cs b/test/EFCore.Tests/ModelBuilding/NonRelationshipTestBase.cs
index ffe0c8d1bd4..649a28241a0 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Tests/ModelBuilding/NonRelationshipTestBase.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Tests/ModelBuilding/NonRelationshipTestBase.cs
@@ -419,6 +419,22 @@ public virtual void Can_add_shadow_properties_when_they_have_been_ignored()
                 Assert.NotNull(modelBuilder.Model.FindEntityType(typeof(Customer)).FindProperty("Shadow"));
             }
 
+            [Fact]
+            public virtual void Can_override_navigations_as_properties()
+            {
+                var modelBuilder = CreateModelBuilder();
+                var model = modelBuilder.Model;
+                modelBuilder.Entity<Customer>();
+
+                var customer = model.FindEntityType(typeof(Customer));
+                Assert.NotNull(customer.FindNavigation(nameof(Customer.Orders)));
+
+                modelBuilder.Entity<Customer>().Property(c => c.Orders);
+
+                Assert.Null(customer.FindNavigation(nameof(Customer.Orders)));
+                Assert.NotNull(customer.FindProperty(nameof(Customer.Orders)));
+            }
+
             [Fact]
             public virtual void Ignoring_a_navigation_property_removes_discovered_entity_types()
             {