diff --git a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.CosmosProjectionBindingRemovingExpressionVisitorBase.cs b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.CosmosProjectionBindingRemovingExpressionVisitorBase.cs
index ab8c13dabe0..e9704ec7e29 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.CosmosProjectionBindingRemovingExpressionVisitorBase.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.CosmosProjectionBindingRemovingExpressionVisitorBase.cs
@@ -461,10 +461,7 @@ private static void IncludeCollection<TIncludingEntity, TIncludedEntity>(
                     foreach (var relatedEntity in relatedEntities)
                     {
                         fixup(includingEntity, relatedEntity);
-                        if (inverseNavigation != null)
-                        {
-                            inverseNavigation.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
-                        }
+                        inverseNavigation?.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
                     }
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperExpressionProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs b/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperExpressionProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs
index 72dc843bd26..14979b25b80 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperExpressionProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperExpressionProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs
@@ -330,10 +330,7 @@ private static void IncludeCollection<TEntity, TIncludingEntity, TIncludedEntity
                     if (!trackingQuery)
                     {
                         fixup(includingEntity, relatedEntity);
-                        if (inverseNavigation != null)
-                        {
-                            inverseNavigation.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
-                        }
+                        inverseNavigation?.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs
index 3da6a784c21..f520161cf81 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalShapedQueryCompilingExpressionVisitor.ShaperProcessingExpressionVisitor.cs
@@ -1425,10 +1425,7 @@ static RelationalDataReader InitializeReader(
                     if (!trackingQuery)
                     {
                         fixup(entity, relatedEntity);
-                        if (inverseNavigation != null)
-                        {
-                            inverseNavigation.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
-                        }
+                        inverseNavigation?.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -1519,10 +1516,7 @@ static async Task<RelationalDataReader> InitializeReaderAsync(
                     if (!trackingQuery)
                     {
                         fixup(entity, relatedEntity);
-                        if (inverseNavigation != null)
-                        {
-                            inverseNavigation.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
-                        }
+                        inverseNavigation?.SetIsLoadedWhenNoTracking(relatedEntity);
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerTemporalConvention.cs b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerTemporalConvention.cs
index e467fc67866..f08b2bdafb5 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerTemporalConvention.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerTemporalConvention.cs
@@ -113,12 +113,9 @@ public virtual void ProcessEntityTypeAnnotationChanged(
                     typeof(DateTime),
                     periodPropertyName);
 
-                if (periodPropertyBuilder != null)
-                {
-                    // set column name explicitly so that we don't try to uniquefy it to some other column
-                    // in case another property is defined that maps to the same column
-                    periodPropertyBuilder.HasColumnName(periodPropertyName);
-                }
+                // set column name explicitly so that we don't try to uniquefy it to some other column
+                // in case another property is defined that maps to the same column
+                periodPropertyBuilder?.HasColumnName(periodPropertyName);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerValueGenerationConvention.cs b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerValueGenerationConvention.cs
index 8fb8728cc1c..7668e0ab678 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerValueGenerationConvention.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Metadata/Conventions/SqlServerValueGenerationConvention.cs
@@ -75,20 +75,14 @@ public override void ProcessEntityTypeAnnotationChanged(
             && annotation?.Value is string propertyName)
         {
             var periodProperty = entityTypeBuilder.Metadata.FindProperty(propertyName);
-            if (periodProperty != null)
-            {
-                periodProperty.Builder.ValueGenerated(GetValueGenerated(periodProperty));
-            }
+            periodProperty?.Builder.ValueGenerated(GetValueGenerated(periodProperty));
 
             // cleanup the previous period property - its possible that it won't be deleted
             // (e.g. when removing period with default name, while the property with that same name has been explicitly defined)
             if (oldAnnotation?.Value is string oldPropertyName)
             {
                 var oldPeriodProperty = entityTypeBuilder.Metadata.FindProperty(oldPropertyName);
-                if (oldPeriodProperty != null)
-                {
-                    oldPeriodProperty.Builder.ValueGenerated(GetValueGenerated(oldPeriodProperty));
-                }
+                oldPeriodProperty?.Builder.ValueGenerated(GetValueGenerated(oldPeriodProperty));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs
index b045faf6c04..382111653f3 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs
@@ -273,11 +273,9 @@ private static bool TryRemoveIfAmbiguous(
 
                 var existingAmbiguousNavigation = FindActualEntityType(ambiguousInverse.Value.Item2)!
                     .FindSkipNavigation(ambiguousInverse.Value.Item1);
-                if (existingAmbiguousNavigation != null)
-                {
-                    existingAmbiguousNavigation.DeclaringEntityType.Builder.HasNoSkipNavigation(
-                        existingAmbiguousNavigation, fromDataAnnotation: true);
-                }
+
+                existingAmbiguousNavigation?.DeclaringEntityType.Builder.HasNoSkipNavigation(
+                    existingAmbiguousNavigation, fromDataAnnotation: true);
 
                 remainingInverseNavigation = entityType.FindSkipNavigation(navigationMemberInfo)?.ForeignKey!.Builder;
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalSkipNavigationBuilder.cs b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalSkipNavigationBuilder.cs
index b5abbaeca36..c25ecac350d 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalSkipNavigationBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Internal/InternalSkipNavigationBuilder.cs
@@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ public virtual bool CanSetForeignKey(ForeignKey? foreignKey, ConfigurationSource
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (inverse != null)
-        {
-            inverse.UpdateConfigurationSource(configurationSource);
-        }
+        inverse?.UpdateConfigurationSource(configurationSource);
 
         using var _ = Metadata.DeclaringEntityType.Model.DelayConventions();
 
@@ -156,10 +153,7 @@ public virtual bool CanSetForeignKey(ForeignKey? foreignKey, ConfigurationSource
 
         Metadata.SetInverse(inverse, configurationSource);
 
-        if (inverse != null)
-        {
-            inverse.SetInverse(Metadata, configurationSource);
-        }
+        inverse?.SetInverse(Metadata, configurationSource);
 
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/NavigationExpandingExpressionVisitor.ExpressionVisitors.cs b/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/NavigationExpandingExpressionVisitor.ExpressionVisitors.cs
index 31e09ec4b71..86c819d4681 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/NavigationExpandingExpressionVisitor.ExpressionVisitors.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/NavigationExpandingExpressionVisitor.ExpressionVisitors.cs
@@ -328,10 +328,7 @@ private Expression ExpandForeignKey(
                     && entityReference.IncludePaths.TryGetValue(navigation, out var pendingIncludeTree))
                 {
                     var cachedEntityReference = UnwrapEntityReference(expansion);
-                    if (cachedEntityReference != null)
-                    {
-                        cachedEntityReference.IncludePaths.Merge(pendingIncludeTree);
-                    }
+                    cachedEntityReference?.IncludePaths.Merge(pendingIncludeTree);
                 }
 
                 return expansion;