diff --git a/.changeset/public-mammals-float.md b/.changeset/public-mammals-float.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d890c9e070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/public-mammals-float.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+chore: remove unnecessary `increment_pending` calls
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/async.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/async.js
index 43af3d8dd3..170529a6b9 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/async.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/async.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /** @import { Blocker, TemplateNode, Value } from '#client' */
-import { flatten, increment_pending } from '../../reactivity/async.js';
+import { flatten } from '../../reactivity/async.js';
 import { get } from '../../runtime.js';
 import {
 	hydrate_next,
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ export function async(node, blockers = [], expressions = [], fn) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const decrement_pending = increment_pending();
-
 	if (was_hydrating) {
 		var previous_hydrate_node = hydrate_node;
 		set_hydrate_node(end);
@@ -64,8 +62,6 @@ export function async(node, blockers = [], expressions = [], fn) {
 			if (was_hydrating) {
 				set_hydrating(false);
 			}
-
-			decrement_pending();
 		}
 	});
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
index 0fad074e6f..5bdba037b1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import { define_property } from '../../shared/utils.js';
 import { get_next_sibling } from '../dom/operations.js';
 import { component_context, dev_current_component_function, dev_stack } from '../context.js';
 import { Batch, collected_effects, current_batch } from './batch.js';
-import { flatten, increment_pending } from './async.js';
+import { flatten } from './async.js';
 import { without_reactive_context } from '../dom/elements/bindings/shared.js';
 import { set_signal_status } from './status.js';
 
@@ -396,16 +396,8 @@ export function template_effect(fn, sync = [], async = [], blockers = []) {
  * @param {Blocker[]} blockers
  */
 export function deferred_template_effect(fn, sync = [], async = [], blockers = []) {
-	if (async.length > 0 || blockers.length > 0) {
-		var decrement_pending = increment_pending();
-	}
-
 	flatten(blockers, sync, async, (values) => {
 		create_effect(EFFECT, () => fn(...values.map(get)));
-
-		if (decrement_pending) {
-			decrement_pending();
-		}
 	});
 }