diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/Renderer.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/Renderer.ts
index 64e9ee1f4e81..99a2ee3d685f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/Renderer.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/Renderer.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import Title from './handlers/Title';
 import { AppendTarget, CompileOptions } from '../../interfaces';
 import { INode } from '../nodes/interfaces';
 import { Expression, TemplateLiteral, Identifier } from 'estree';
+import { collapse_template_literal } from '../utils/collapse_template_literal';
 import { escape_template } from '../utils/stringify';
 
 type Handler = (node: any, renderer: Renderer, options: CompileOptions) => void;
@@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ export default class Renderer {
 			this.current = last.current;
 		}
 
+		// Optimize the TemplateLiteral to remove unnecessary nodes
+		collapse_template_literal(popped.literal);
+
 		return popped.literal;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/utils/collapse_template_literal.ts b/src/compiler/compile/utils/collapse_template_literal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c5f78b8a30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/utils/collapse_template_literal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { TemplateLiteral } from 'estree';
+import { escape_template } from './stringify';
+
+/**
+ * Collapse string literals together
+ */ 
+export function collapse_template_literal(literal: TemplateLiteral) {
+	if (!literal.quasis.length) return;
+
+	const collapsed_quasis = [];
+	const collapsed_expressions = [];
+
+	let cur_quasi = literal.quasis[0];
+
+	// An expression always follows a quasi and vice versa, ending with a quasi
+	for (let i = 0; i < literal.quasis.length; i++) {
+		const expr = literal.expressions[i];
+		const next_quasi = literal.quasis[i + 1];
+		// If an expression is a simple string literal, combine it with its preceding
+		// and following quasi
+		if (next_quasi && expr && expr.type === 'Literal' && typeof expr.value === 'string') {
+			cur_quasi.value.raw += escape_template(expr.value) + next_quasi.value.raw;
+		} else {
+			if (expr) {
+				collapsed_expressions.push(expr);
+			}
+			collapsed_quasis.push(cur_quasi);
+			cur_quasi = next_quasi;
+		}
+	}
+
+	literal.quasis = collapsed_quasis;
+	literal.expressions = collapsed_expressions;
+}
diff --git a/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/_config.js b/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4070b9a3b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export default {
+	options: {
+		generate: 'ssr',
+		dev: true
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/expected.js b/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8440a10082bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* generated by Svelte vX.Y.Z */
+import { add_attribute, create_ssr_component, escape } from "svelte/internal";
+
+const const1 = 1;
+const const2 = 'const2';
+
+function foo() {
+	return '';
+}
+
+const Component = create_ssr_component(($$result, $$props, $$bindings, slots) => {
+	return `
+<div class="class1 class2" style="color:red;">-</div>
+
+
+<div${add_attribute("class", const1, 0)}>-</div>
+<div${add_attribute("class", const1, 0)}>-</div>
+
+
+<div class="${"class1 " + escape('class2', true)}">-</div>
+<div class="${"class1 " + escape(const2, true)}">-</div>
+<div class="${"class1 " + escape(const2, true)}"${add_attribute("style", foo(), 0)}>-</div>`;
+});
+
+export default Component;
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diff --git a/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/input.svelte b/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83a7be9bda6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/samples/collapse-literal-ssr/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<script>
+	const const1 = 1;
+	const const2 = 'const2';
+
+	function foo() {
+		return '';
+	}
+</script>
+
+<!-- canonical case - only markup -->
+<div class="class1 class2" style="color:red;">-</div>
+
+<!-- various forms of variable syntax -->
+<div class="{const1}">-</div>
+<div class={const1}>-</div>
+
+<!-- mixed static string + expressions -->
+<div class="class1 {'class2'}">-</div>
+<div class="class1 {const2}">-</div>
+<div class="class1 {const2}" style={foo()}>-</div>
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-5/errors.json b/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-5/errors.json
index 21de70863c1e..bca92bf26617 100644
--- a/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-5/errors.json
+++ b/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-5/errors.json
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@
 		"message": "You are assigning to a const",
 		"start": {
 			"line": 3,
-			"column": 1,
-			"character": 31
+			"column": 1
 		},
 		"end": {
 			"line": 3,
-			"column": 33,
-			"character": 63
-		},
-		"pos": 31
+			"column": 33
+		}
 	}
 ]
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diff --git a/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-7/errors.json b/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-7/errors.json
index 34c88bebf64b..5304a61c4bb5 100644
--- a/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-7/errors.json
+++ b/test/validator/samples/assignment-to-const-7/errors.json
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@
 		"message": "You are assigning to a const",
 		"start": {
 			"line": 3,
-			"column": 1,
-			"character": 43
+			"column": 1
 		},
 		"end": {
 			"line": 3,
-			"column": 42,
-			"character": 84
-		},
-		"pos": 43
+			"column": 42
+		}
 	}
 ]
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