diff --git a/.changeset/orange-crews-rescue.md b/.changeset/orange-crews-rescue.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e45228711e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/orange-crews-rescue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"svelte": patch
+---
+
+fix: improve handling of object property deletions
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/proxy.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/proxy.js
index 0fff0447c0..b988bb4c55 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/proxy.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/proxy.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ const state_proxy_handler = {
 		}
 		if (s !== undefined) set(s, UNINITIALIZED);
 
-		if (prop in target) update(metadata.v);
+		if (boolean) update(metadata.v);
 
 		return boolean;
 	},
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-delete-property/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-delete-property/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebf98bd8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-delete-property/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	compileOptions: {
+		dev: true
+	},
+
+	html: `<button>state1.value: a state2.value: a</button>`,
+
+	async test({ assert, target }) {
+		const btn = target.querySelector('button');
+
+		await btn?.click();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<button>state1.value: b state2.value: b</button>`);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-delete-property/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-delete-property/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eda330f088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-delete-property/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<script>
+	let foo = { value: 'a' }
+	let state1 = $state(foo);
+	let state2 = $state(foo);
+</script>
+
+<button onclick={() => {
+		let new_state1 = {};
+		let new_state2 = {};
+		// This contains Symbol.$state and Symbol.$readonly and we can't do anything against it,
+		// because it's called on the original object, not our state proxy
+		Reflect.ownKeys(foo).forEach(k => {
+			new_state1[k] = foo[k];
+			new_state2[k] = foo[k];
+		});
+		new_state1.value = 'b';
+		new_state2.value = 'b';
+		// $.proxy will see that Symbol.$state exists on this object already, which shouldn't result in a stale value
+		state1 = new_state1;
+		// $.proxy can't look into Symbol.$state because of the frozen object
+		state2 = Object.freeze(new_state2);
+	}}
+>
+state1.value: {state1.value}
+state2.value: {state2.value}
+</button>
+
+
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/Component.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/Component.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 9916a9abe0..0000000000
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/Component.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-	import Component2 from './Component2.svelte';
-	const {state} = $props();
-
-	function render(state) {
-    return state
-  }
-</script>
-
-<Component2 state={render(state)} />
-
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/Component2.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/Component2.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 88575acd3c..0000000000
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/Component2.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-	const {state} = $props();
-</script>
-
-{state}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/_config.js
index a1f7effeae..dab129d80e 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/_config.js
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 import { test } from '../../test';
 
 export default test({
-	compileOptions: {
-		dev: true
-	},
+	html: '<button>set</button><button>delete</button><p>a,b,c</p><p>{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3}</p>',
 	async test({ assert, target }) {
-		const btn = target.querySelector('button');
+		const [btn, bt2] = target.querySelectorAll('button');
 
 		await btn?.click();
-		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<button></button>\n[object Object]`);
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<button>set</button><button>delete</button><p>a,b,c</p><p>{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3}</p>`
+		);
+
+		await bt2?.click();
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<button>set</button><button>delete</button><p>a,c</p><p>{"a":1,"c":3}</p>`
+		);
 	}
 });
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/main.svelte
index ec6cc9aeba..974742a231 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/main.svelte
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-readonly/main.svelte
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 <script>
-	import Component from './Component.svelte';
-
-	let state = $state();
+	let numbers = $state({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 });
 </script>
 
-<button onclick={() => {
-	state = {}
-}}></button>
-{#if state}
-	<Component state={state} />
-{/if}
+<button onclick={() => { numbers.b = 2; }}>set</button>
+<button onclick={() => { delete numbers.b; }}>delete</button>
+<p>{Object.keys(numbers)}</p>
+<p>{JSON.stringify(numbers)}</p>