diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/DefaultConstraint/DeleteDefaultConstraintBuilder.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/DefaultConstraint/DeleteDefaultConstraintBuilder.cs
index 86b90b9d6d..92bc11b04d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/DefaultConstraint/DeleteDefaultConstraintBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/DefaultConstraint/DeleteDefaultConstraintBuilder.cs
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Migrations.Expressions.Delete.DefaultConstraint
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IExecutableBuilder OnColumn(string columnName)
         {
-            var defaultConstraint = _context.SqlContext.SqlSyntax.GetDefaultConstraint(_context.Database, Expression.TableName, columnName);
-            Expression.ConstraintName = defaultConstraint ?? string.Empty;
             Expression.ColumnName = columnName;
+            Expression.HasDefaultConstraint = _context.SqlContext.SqlSyntax.TryGetDefaultConstraint(_context.Database, Expression.TableName, columnName, out var constraintName);
+            Expression.ConstraintName = constraintName ?? string.Empty;
+
             return new ExecutableBuilder(Expression);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/Expressions/DeleteDefaultConstraintExpression.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/Expressions/DeleteDefaultConstraintExpression.cs
index 294190c766..b73d3f0d13 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/Expressions/DeleteDefaultConstraintExpression.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Migrations/Expressions/Delete/Expressions/DeleteDefaultConstraintExpression.cs
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Migrations.Expressions.Delete.Expressions
         public virtual string TableName { get; set; }
         public virtual string ColumnName { get; set; }
         public virtual string ConstraintName { get; set; }
+        public virtual bool HasDefaultConstraint { get; set; }
 
         protected override string GetSql()
         {
-            return ConstraintName.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()
-                ? string.Empty
-                : string.Format(SqlSyntax.DeleteDefaultConstraint,
+            return HasDefaultConstraint
+                ? string.Format(SqlSyntax.DeleteDefaultConstraint,
                     SqlSyntax.GetQuotedTableName(TableName),
                     SqlSyntax.GetQuotedColumnName(ColumnName),
-                    SqlSyntax.GetQuotedName(ConstraintName));
+                    SqlSyntax.GetQuotedName(ConstraintName))
+                : string.Empty;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/ISqlSyntaxProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/ISqlSyntaxProvider.cs
index 39419021e0..55625ff04e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/ISqlSyntaxProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/ISqlSyntaxProvider.cs
@@ -108,12 +108,18 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax
         IEnumerable<Tuple<string, string, string, bool>> GetDefinedIndexes(IDatabase db);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the name of the default constraint on a column.
+        /// Tries to gets the name of the default constraint on a column.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="db">The database.</param>
         /// <param name="tableName">The table name.</param>
         /// <param name="columnName">The column name.</param>
-        /// <returns>The name of the default constraint, or the empty string if there is no default constraint.</returns>
-        string GetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName);
+        /// <param name="constraintName">The constraint name.</param>
+        /// <returns>A value indicating whether a default constraint was found.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>Some database engines (e.g. SqlCe) may not have names for default constraints,
+        /// in which case the function may return true, but <paramref name="constraintName"/> is
+        /// unspecified.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        bool TryGetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName, out string constraintName);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlCeSyntaxProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlCeSyntaxProvider.cs
index bb91a83da4..cb4b7a5176 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlCeSyntaxProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlCeSyntaxProvider.cs
@@ -133,13 +133,14 @@ ORDER BY TABLE_NAME, INDEX_NAME");
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override string GetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName)
+        public override bool TryGetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName, out string constraintName)
         {
             // cannot return a true default constraint name (does not exist on SqlCe)
             // but we won't really need it anyways - just check whether there is a constraint
+            constraintName = null;
             var hasDefault = db.Fetch<bool>(@"select column_hasdefault from information_schema.columns
 where table_name=@0 and column_name=@1", tableName, columnName).FirstOrDefault();
-            return hasDefault ? "XXXXX" : string.Empty;
+            return hasDefault;
         }
 
         public override bool DoesTableExist(IDatabase db, string tableName)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
index b0f95b0c56..fab7526a6b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
@@ -226,14 +226,15 @@ order by T.name, I.name");
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override string GetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName)
+        public override bool TryGetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName, out string constraintName)
         {
-            return db.Fetch<string>(@"select con.[name] as [constraintName]
+            constraintName = db.Fetch<string>(@"select con.[name] as [constraintName]
 from sys.default_constraints con
 join sys.columns col on con.object_id=col.default_object_id
 join sys.tables tbl on col.object_id=tbl.object_id
 where tbl.[name]=@0 and col.[name]=@1;", tableName, columnName)
-                       .FirstOrDefault() ?? string.Empty;
+                       .FirstOrDefault();
+            return !constraintName.IsNullOrWhiteSpace();
         }
 
         public override bool DoesTableExist(IDatabase db, string tableName)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs
index 210d8e4cf1..0c27ac2d50 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax
 
         public abstract IEnumerable<Tuple<string, string, string, bool>> GetDefinedIndexes(IDatabase db);
 
-        public abstract string GetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName);
+        public abstract bool TryGetDefaultConstraint(IDatabase db, string tableName, string columnName, out string constraintName);
 
         public virtual bool DoesTableExist(IDatabase db, string tableName)
         {