diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c
index 095b945838..a24308534c 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c
@@ -2763,7 +2763,6 @@ static void fts5SegIterNextInit(
     pIter->iLeafPgno = iPg - 1;
     fts5SegIterNextPage(p, pIter);
     fts5SegIterSetNext(p, pIter);
-    fts5SegIterAllocTombstone(p, pIter);
   }
   if( pIter->pLeaf ){
     const u8 *a = pIter->pLeaf->p;
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 00c355a167..355143083f 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sa\sproblem\swith\sthe\sxInstCount()\sAPI\sand\s"ORDER\sBY\srank"\squeries.
-D 2023-12-04T17:45:33.714
+C Fix\smemory\sleak\sin\snew\scode\son\sthis\sbranch.
+D 2023-12-04T17:58:56.324
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ F ext/fts5/fts5_buffer.c 3001fbabb585d6de52947b44b455235072b741038391f830d6b7292
 F ext/fts5/fts5_config.c 8072a207034b51ae9b7694121d1b5715c794e94b275e088f70ae532378ca5cdf
 F ext/fts5/fts5_expr.c aec893108d90cc8eae6801283d38d4e705d8c22aba12717fcc56e1910b8e3b32
 F ext/fts5/fts5_hash.c adda4272be401566a6e0ba1acbe70ee5cb97fce944bc2e04dc707152a0ec91b1
-F ext/fts5/fts5_index.c 072666814be04485445c07e0e75362d13245cef6c66e07aa2060c532190d0c10
+F ext/fts5/fts5_index.c 7111fed6c01048e227cc8c681306fa2db1e5ad29429b1373e665b8e95a7868ba
 F ext/fts5/fts5_main.c 1fbadf63a7381fd68753efdccce19683f587668489b1c5a9c7bf53d6e9b64872
 F ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c 5d10b9bdcce5b90656cad13c7d12ad4148677d4b9e3fca0481fca56d6601426d
 F ext/fts5/fts5_tcl.c cf0fd0dbe64ec272491b749e0d594f563cda03336aeb60900129e6d18b0aefb8
@@ -2150,8 +2150,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P da78d07e77cbc783fbc725758911c230fd6a1c1885d9576125de955dcc2bd37f
-R 17d195e142931273edf7c88c21ff2164
+P 317a50563d9e8586fda136e513727241b414e7267d50a06571c8ebd0eae710bc
+R 4cc8f92a68d4e11e53934c982deb6dc3
 U dan
-Z 7652ccb47cdd7a8e28db861627789490
+Z c8f15e3d33aff662e610fc8982efce75
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index f1f57381d1..bb8887198f 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-317a50563d9e8586fda136e513727241b414e7267d50a06571c8ebd0eae710bc
\ No newline at end of file
+ebc160b9a05568df66f86e30804399ee29d34b44a60c57e062f98cb92826353f
\ No newline at end of file