diff --git a/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts b/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts
index ee4796946d..406ed6e2a3 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ export default function visitEachBlock(
 			`@createComment()`,
 			state.parentNode
 		);
-	} else if (node.next) {
-		node.next.usedAsAnchor = true;
 	}
 
 	if (node.else) {
diff --git a/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts b/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts
index e45ab1fb20..e858668932 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ export default function visitIfBlock(
 			`@createComment()`,
 			state.parentNode
 		);
-	} else if (node.next) {
-		node.next.usedAsAnchor = true;
 	}
 }