diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/Sql/DefaultQuerySqlGenerator.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/Sql/DefaultQuerySqlGenerator.cs
index c4eb953356e..06ddaf18b42 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/Sql/DefaultQuerySqlGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/Sql/DefaultQuerySqlGenerator.cs
@@ -152,11 +152,6 @@ public virtual IRelationalValueBufferFactory CreateValueBufferFactory(
         /// </summary>
         protected virtual IRelationalCommandBuilder Sql => _relationalCommandBuilder;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     The default string concatenation operator SQL.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected virtual string ConcatOperator => "+";
-
         /// <summary>
         ///     The default true literal SQL.
         /// </summary>
@@ -1506,8 +1501,6 @@ protected virtual string GenerateOperator([NotNull] Expression expression)
         {
             switch (expression.NodeType)
             {
-                case ExpressionType.Add:
-                    return expression.Type == typeof(string) ? " " + ConcatOperator + " " : " + ";
                 case ExpressionType.Extension:
                 {
                     var asStringCompareExpression = expression as StringCompareExpression;
diff --git a/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Sql/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs b/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Sql/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs
index 7fbd214b0d9..b7e1de8961a 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Sql/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Sql/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Sql.Internal
     /// </summary>
     public class SqliteQuerySqlGenerator : DefaultQuerySqlGenerator
     {
-        protected override string ConcatOperator => "||";
-
         /// <summary>
         ///     This API supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and is not intended to be used
         ///     directly from your code. This API may change or be removed in future releases.
@@ -28,6 +26,15 @@ public SqliteQuerySqlGenerator(
         {
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     This API supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and is not intended to be used
+        ///     directly from your code. This API may change or be removed in future releases.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected override string GenerateOperator([NotNull] Expression expression)
+            => expression.NodeType == ExpressionType.Add && expression.Type == typeof(string)
+                ? " || "
+                : base.GenerateOperator(expression);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     This API supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and is not intended to be used
         ///     directly from your code. This API may change or be removed in future releases.