diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
index bb70b27787..9fe2471669 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
@@ -339,17 +339,8 @@ function wp_create_image_subsizes( $file, $attachment_id ) {
 			if ( $scale_down ) {
 				$saved = $editor->save( $editor->generate_filename( 'scaled' ) );
 			} elseif ( $convert ) {
-				/*
-				 * Generate a new file name for the converted image.
-				 *
-				 * As the image file name will be unique due to the changed file extension,
-				 * it does not need a suffix to be unique. However, the generate_filename method
-				 * does not allow for an empty suffix, so the "-converted" suffix is required to
-				 * be added and subsequently removed.
-				 */
-				$converted_file_name = $editor->generate_filename( 'converted' );
-				$converted_file_name = preg_replace( '/(-converted\.)([a-z0-9]+)$/i', '.$2', $converted_file_name );
-				$saved               = $editor->save( $converted_file_name );
+				// Pass an empty string to avoid adding a suffix to converted file names.
+				$saved = $editor->save( $editor->generate_filename( '' ) );
 			} else {
 				$saved = $editor->save();
 			}