diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/props.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/props.js
index 4771e78652..03daad5251 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/props.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/props.js
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export function prop(props, key, flags, fallback) {
 	}
 
 	// prop is never written to — we only need a getter
-	if ((flags & PROPS_IS_UPDATED) === 0) {
+	if (runes && (flags & PROPS_IS_UPDATED) === 0) {
 		return getter;
 	}
 
@@ -390,8 +390,10 @@ export function prop(props, key, flags, fallback) {
 		};
 	}
 
-	// prop is written to, but there's no binding, which means we
-	// create a derived that we can write to locally
+	// Either prop is written to, but there's no binding, which means we
+	// create a derived that we can write to locally.
+	// Or we are in legacy mode where we always create a derived to replicate that
+	// Svelte 4 did not trigger updates when a primitive value was updated to the same value.
 	var overridden = false;
 
 	var d = ((flags & PROPS_IS_IMMUTABLE) !== 0 ? derived : derived_safe_equal)(() => {
@@ -404,10 +406,6 @@ export function prop(props, key, flags, fallback) {
 
 	var parent_effect = /** @type {Effect} */ (active_effect);
 
-	if (!parent_effect) {
-		console.trace();
-	}
-
 	return function (/** @type {any} */ value, /** @type {boolean} */ mutation) {
 		if (arguments.length > 0) {
 			const new_value = mutation ? get(d) : runes && bindable ? proxy(value) : value;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-no-change/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-no-change/_config.js
index 905c2a6226..84658336e2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-no-change/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-no-change/_config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { flushSync } from 'svelte';
 import { test } from '../../test';
 
 export default test({
+	accessors: false,
 	test({ assert, logs, target }) {
 		assert.deepEqual(logs, ['primitive', 'object']);
 		target.querySelector('button')?.click();