diff --git a/Sources/SwiftSyntax/SyntaxFactory.swift.gyb b/Sources/SwiftSyntax/SyntaxFactory.swift.gyb
index 6662faa9e29..125e2bf8dd0 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftSyntax/SyntaxFactory.swift.gyb
+++ b/Sources/SwiftSyntax/SyntaxFactory.swift.gyb
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ public enum SyntaxFactory {
   public static func makeStringLiteralExpr(_ text: String,
     leadingTrivia: Trivia = [],
     trailingTrivia: Trivia = []) -> StringLiteralExprSyntax {
-    let string = makeStringSegment(text,
-                                   leadingTrivia: leadingTrivia,
-                                   trailingTrivia: trailingTrivia)
+    let string = makeStringSegment(text)
     let segment = makeStringSegment(content: string)
     let segments = makeStringLiteralSegments([segment])
     let openQuote = makeStringQuoteToken(leadingTrivia: leadingTrivia)
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftSyntaxTest/SyntaxFactory.swift b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxTest/SyntaxFactory.swift
index 9dfbaa6a52a..2005a13ef7a 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftSyntaxTest/SyntaxFactory.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxTest/SyntaxFactory.swift
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class SyntaxFactoryAPITestCase: XCTestCase {
     ("testFunctionCallSyntaxBuilder", testFunctionCallSyntaxBuilder),
     ("testWithOptionalChild", testWithOptionalChild),
     ("testUnknownSyntax", testUnknownSyntax),
+    ("testMakeStringLiteralExpr", testMakeStringLiteralExpr),
   ]
 
   public func testGenerated() {
@@ -160,4 +161,16 @@ public class SyntaxFactoryAPITestCase: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertNoThrow(try SyntaxVerifier.verify(expr))
     XCTAssertThrowsError(try SyntaxVerifier.verify(unknown))
   }
+
+  public func testMakeStringLiteralExpr() {
+    let expr = SyntaxFactory.makeStringLiteralExpr(
+      "Hello, world!",
+      leadingTrivia: .init(pieces: [.lineComment("// hello"), .newlines(1)])
+    )
+    let expected = """
+// hello
+"Hello, world!"
+"""
+    XCTAssertEqual(expr.description, expected)
+  }
 }