diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/TypecheckUtil.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/TypecheckUtil.java
index e15315f9c6..d1a0a5e077 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/TypecheckUtil.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/TypecheckUtil.java
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ public class TypecheckUtil {
 	}
 
 	public static void assertOperable(SqmExpression<?> left, SqmExpression<?> right, BinaryArithmeticOperator op) {
-		final SqmExpressible<?> leftNodeType = isGeneric( left ) ? left.getExpressible() : left.getNodeType();
-		final SqmExpressible<?> rightNodeType = isGeneric( right ) ? right.getExpressible() : right.getNodeType();
+		final SqmExpressible<?> leftNodeType = left.getExpressible();
+		final SqmExpressible<?> rightNodeType = right.getExpressible();
 		if ( leftNodeType != null && rightNodeType != null ) {
 			final Class<?> leftJavaType = leftNodeType.getRelationalJavaType().getJavaTypeClass();
 			final Class<?> rightJavaType = rightNodeType.getRelationalJavaType().getJavaTypeClass();
@@ -590,11 +590,6 @@ public class TypecheckUtil {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static boolean isGeneric(SqmTypedNode<?> arg) {
-		return arg instanceof SqmPath && ( (SqmPath) arg ).getModel() instanceof SqmPathSource
-				&& ( (SqmPathSource) ( (SqmPath) arg ).getModel() ).isGeneric();
-	}
-
 	public static boolean isNumberArray(SqmExpressible<?> expressible) {
 		if ( expressible != null ) {
 			final DomainType<?> domainType = expressible.getSqmType();
@@ -633,9 +628,7 @@ public class TypecheckUtil {
 	}
 
 	public static void assertNumeric(SqmExpression<?> expression, UnaryArithmeticOperator op) {
-		final SqmExpressible<?> nodeType = isGeneric( expression )
-				? expression.getExpressible()
-				: expression.getNodeType();
+		final SqmExpressible<?> nodeType = expression.getExpressible();
 		if ( nodeType != null ) {
 			if ( !( nodeType.getSqmType() instanceof JdbcMapping jdbcMapping )
 					|| !jdbcMapping.getJdbcType().isNumber() ) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmBinaryArithmetic.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmBinaryArithmetic.java
index a15f1de97e..3370403659 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmBinaryArithmetic.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmBinaryArithmetic.java
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@ import org.hibernate.query.sqm.BinaryArithmeticOperator;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.NodeBuilder;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.SemanticQueryWalker;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.SqmExpressible;
-import org.hibernate.query.sqm.SqmPathSource;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.tree.SqmCopyContext;
-import org.hibernate.query.sqm.tree.domain.SqmPath;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.tree.select.SqmSelectableNode;
 
-
 import static org.hibernate.query.sqm.BinaryArithmeticOperator.ADD;
 import static org.hibernate.query.sqm.BinaryArithmeticOperator.SUBTRACT;
 import static org.hibernate.type.spi.TypeConfiguration.isDuration;
@@ -36,8 +33,8 @@ public class SqmBinaryArithmetic<T> extends AbstractSqmExpression<T> implements
 		//noinspection unchecked
 		super(
 				(SqmExpressible<T>) domainModel.getTypeConfiguration().resolveArithmeticType(
-						getExpressibleNodeType( lhsOperand ),
-						getExpressibleNodeType( rhsOperand ),
+						lhsOperand.getExpressible(),
+						rhsOperand.getExpressible(),
 						operator
 				),
 				nodeBuilder
@@ -51,20 +48,8 @@ public class SqmBinaryArithmetic<T> extends AbstractSqmExpression<T> implements
 				( operator == ADD || operator == SUBTRACT ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
-		this.lhsOperand.applyInferableType( getExpressibleNodeType( rhsOperand ) );
-		this.rhsOperand.applyInferableType( getExpressibleNodeType( lhsOperand ) );
-	}
-
-	private static SqmExpressible<?> getExpressibleNodeType(SqmExpression<?> arg) {
-		if ( arg instanceof SqmPath ) {
-			SqmPath path = (SqmPath) arg;
-			if ( path.getModel() instanceof SqmPathSource ) {
-				if ( ( (SqmPathSource) path.getModel() ).isGeneric() ) {
-					return path.getResolvedModel();
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return arg.getNodeType();
+		this.lhsOperand.applyInferableType( rhsOperand.getExpressible() );
+		this.rhsOperand.applyInferableType( lhsOperand.getExpressible() );
 	}
 
 	public SqmBinaryArithmetic(
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmUnaryOperation.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmUnaryOperation.java
index b6af3f5efe..66bbbcf2d9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmUnaryOperation.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/expression/SqmUnaryOperation.java
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import org.hibernate.query.sqm.UnaryArithmeticOperator;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.tree.SqmCopyContext;
 import org.hibernate.query.sqm.tree.select.SqmSelectableNode;
 
-import static org.hibernate.query.sqm.internal.TypecheckUtil.isGeneric;
-
 /**
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
@@ -23,11 +21,9 @@ public class SqmUnaryOperation<T> extends AbstractSqmExpression<T> implements Sq
 		this(
 				operation,
 				operand,
-				isGeneric( operand ) ?
-						operand.getExpressible() :
-						operand.nodeBuilder().getTypeConfiguration().getBasicTypeForJavaType(
-								operand.getNodeType().getRelationalJavaType().getJavaType()
-						)
+				operand.nodeBuilder().getTypeConfiguration().getBasicTypeForJavaType(
+						operand.getExpressible().getRelationalJavaType().getJavaType()
+				)
 		);
 	}