diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index 227203523e..87e884a347 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ export function get(signal) {
 			(derived.f & CONNECTED) === 0 &&
 			!untracking &&
 			active_reaction !== null &&
-			(is_updating_effect || (active_reaction.f & CONNECTED) !== 0);
+			(active_reaction.f & CONNECTED) !== 0;
 
 		var is_new = (derived.f & REACTION_RAN) === 0;
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/signals/test.ts b/packages/svelte/tests/signals/test.ts
index 927ce2e665..07f79bd395 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/signals/test.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/signals/test.ts
@@ -1503,4 +1503,22 @@ describe('signals', () => {
 			assert.deepEqual(log, ['inner destroyed', 'inner destroyed']);
 		};
 	});
+
+	test('derived read in an untracked context should not leak in deps reactions', () => {
+		return () => {
+			let s = state('hello');
+			let a = derived(() => $.get(s));
+			let b = derived(() => $.get(a));
+
+			let destroy = effect_root(() => {
+				$.get(b);
+			});
+
+			destroy();
+
+			// a was spuriously added to s.reactions via is_updating_effect
+			// even though the entire derived chain was read in an untracked context
+			assert.equal(s.reactions, null);
+		};
+	});
 });