diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
index c3f1b63b7e..4a476eed1f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	// TODO why are we always treating this as a spread? needs docs, if that's not an error
+
 	let needs_isolation = false;
 	let is_reactive = false;
 
@@ -365,51 +367,45 @@ function serialize_dynamic_element_attributes(attributes, context, element_id) {
 			attribute.type === 'SpreadAttribute' && attribute.metadata.contains_call_expression;
 	}
 
-	const isolated = b.stmt(
-		b.call(
-			'$.spread_dynamic_element_attributes_effect',
-			element_id,
-			b.thunk(b.array(values)),
-			b.literal(context.state.analysis.css.hash)
-		)
-	);
-
-	if (needs_isolation) {
-		context.state.init.push(isolated);
-		return false;
-	} else if (is_reactive) {
+	if (needs_isolation || is_reactive) {
 		const id = context.state.scope.generate('spread_attributes');
 		context.state.init.push(b.let(id));
-		context.state.update.push(
-			b.stmt(
-				b.assignment(
-					'=',
-					b.id(id),
-					b.call(
-						'$.spread_dynamic_element_attributes',
-						element_id,
-						b.id(id),
-						b.array(values),
-						b.literal(context.state.analysis.css.hash)
-					)
-				)
-			)
-		);
-		return true;
-	} else {
-		context.state.init.push(
-			b.stmt(
+
+		const update = b.stmt(
+			b.assignment(
+				'=',
+				b.id(id),
 				b.call(
 					'$.spread_dynamic_element_attributes',
 					element_id,
-					b.literal(null),
+					b.id(id),
 					b.array(values),
 					b.literal(context.state.analysis.css.hash)
 				)
 			)
 		);
-		return false;
+
+		if (needs_isolation) {
+			context.state.init.push(serialize_update(update));
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		context.state.update.push(update);
+		return true;
 	}
+
+	context.state.init.push(
+		b.stmt(
+			b.call(
+				'$.spread_dynamic_element_attributes',
+				element_id,
+				b.literal(null),
+				b.array(values),
+				b.literal(context.state.analysis.css.hash)
+			)
+		)
+	);
+	return false;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
index 572231a2ca..0a4eab5e71 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
@@ -184,20 +184,6 @@ export function spread_attributes(element, prev, attrs, lowercase_attributes, cs
 	return next;
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {Element} node
- * @param {() => Record<string, unknown>[]} attrs
- * @param {string} css_hash
- */
-export function spread_dynamic_element_attributes_effect(node, attrs, css_hash) {
-	/** @type {Record<string, any> | undefined} */
-	var current;
-
-	render_effect(() => {
-		current = spread_dynamic_element_attributes(node, current, attrs(), css_hash);
-	});
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {Element} node
  * @param {Record<string, unknown> | undefined} prev