diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp b/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
index f58f1e9adf4..d7554101736 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
@@ -2894,9 +2894,11 @@ QString QgsVectorFileWriter::filterForDriver( const QString &driverName )
 {
   MetaData metadata;
   if ( !driverMetadata( driverName, metadata ) || metadata.trLongName.isEmpty() || metadata.glob.isEmpty() )
-    return QLatin1String( "" );
+    return QString();
 
-  return metadata.trLongName + " [OGR] (" + metadata.glob.toLower() + ' ' + metadata.glob.toUpper() + ')';
+  return QStringLiteral( "%1 (%2 %3)" ).arg( metadata.trLongName,
+         metadata.glob.toLower(),
+         metadata.glob.toUpper() );
 }
 
 QString QgsVectorFileWriter::convertCodecNameForEncodingOption( const QString &codecName )
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgsvectorfilewriter.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgsvectorfilewriter.py
index 3614b254c86..32e39520156 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgsvectorfilewriter.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgsvectorfilewriter.py
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ class TestQgsVectorFileWriter(unittest.TestCase):
     def testSupportedFiltersAndFormat(self):
         # test with formats in recommended order
         formats = QgsVectorFileWriter.supportedFiltersAndFormats(QgsVectorFileWriter.SortRecommended)
-        self.assertEqual(formats[0], ('GeoPackage [OGR] (*.gpkg *.GPKG)', 'GPKG'))
-        self.assertEqual(formats[1], ('ESRI Shapefile [OGR] (*.shp *.SHP)', 'ESRI Shapefile'))
+        self.assertEqual(formats[0], ('GeoPackage (*.gpkg *.GPKG)', 'GPKG'))
+        self.assertEqual(formats[1], ('ESRI Shapefile (*.shp *.SHP)', 'ESRI Shapefile'))
         # alphabetical sorting
         formats2 = QgsVectorFileWriter.supportedFiltersAndFormats(QgsVectorFileWriter.VectorFormatOptions())
         self.assertTrue(formats2[0][0] < formats2[1][0])