diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
index b8a0982b05..48002d759f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { UNINITIALIZED } from '../../../constants.js';
 import { batch_values, current_batch } from './batch.js';
 import { unset_context } from './async.js';
 import { deferred } from '../../shared/utils.js';
-import { set_signal_status } from './status.js';
+import { update_derived_status } from './status.js';
 
 /** @type {Effect | null} */
 export let current_async_effect = null;
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ export function update_derived(derived) {
 			batch_values.set(derived, value);
 		}
 	} else {
-		var status = (derived.f & CONNECTED) === 0 ? MAYBE_DIRTY : CLEAN;
-		set_signal_status(derived, status);
+		update_derived_status(derived);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js
index fcdd389fe4..6333962f41 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { component_context, is_runes } from '../context.js';
 import { Batch, batch_values, eager_block_effects, schedule_effect } from './batch.js';
 import { proxy } from '../proxy.js';
 import { execute_derived } from './deriveds.js';
-import { set_signal_status } from './status.js';
+import { set_signal_status, update_derived_status } from './status.js';
 
 /** @type {Set<any>} */
 export let eager_effects = new Set();
@@ -218,12 +218,14 @@ export function internal_set(source, value) {
 		}
 
 		if ((source.f & DERIVED) !== 0) {
+			const derived = /** @type {Derived} */ (source);
+
 			// if we are assigning to a dirty derived we set it to clean/maybe dirty but we also eagerly execute it to track the dependencies
 			if ((source.f & DIRTY) !== 0) {
-				execute_derived(/** @type {Derived} */ (source));
+				execute_derived(derived);
 			}
 
-			set_signal_status(source, (source.f & CONNECTED) !== 0 ? CLEAN : MAYBE_DIRTY);
+			update_derived_status(derived);
 		}
 
 		source.wv = increment_write_version();
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/status.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/status.js
index d3aaa35968..024285e73a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/status.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/status.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/** @import { Signal } from '#client' */
-import { CLEAN, DIRTY, MAYBE_DIRTY } from '#client/constants';
+/** @import { Derived, Signal } from '#client' */
+import { CLEAN, CONNECTED, DIRTY, MAYBE_DIRTY } from '#client/constants';
 
 const STATUS_MASK = ~(DIRTY | MAYBE_DIRTY | CLEAN);
 
@@ -10,3 +10,16 @@ const STATUS_MASK = ~(DIRTY | MAYBE_DIRTY | CLEAN);
 export function set_signal_status(signal, status) {
 	signal.f = (signal.f & STATUS_MASK) | status;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Set a derived's status to CLEAN or MAYBE_DIRTY based on its connection state.
+ * @param {Derived} derived
+ */
+export function update_derived_status(derived) {
+	// Only mark as MAYBE_DIRTY if disconnected and has dependencies.
+	if ((derived.f & CONNECTED) !== 0 || derived.deps === null) {
+		set_signal_status(derived, CLEAN);
+	} else {
+		set_signal_status(derived, MAYBE_DIRTY);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index 1b901268fc..e1a442830b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import { handle_error } from './error-handling.js';
 import { UNINITIALIZED } from '../../constants.js';
 import { captured_signals } from './legacy.js';
 import { without_reactive_context } from './dom/elements/bindings/shared.js';
-import { set_signal_status } from './reactivity/status.js';
+import { set_signal_status, update_derived_status } from './reactivity/status.js';
 
 export let is_updating_effect = false;
 
@@ -375,16 +375,20 @@ function remove_reaction(signal, dependency) {
 		// allows us to skip the expensive work of disconnecting and immediately reconnecting it
 		(new_deps === null || !new_deps.includes(dependency))
 	) {
-		set_signal_status(dependency, MAYBE_DIRTY);
+		const derived = /** @type {Derived} */ (dependency);
+
 		// If we are working with a derived that is owned by an effect, then mark it as being
 		// disconnected and remove the mark flag, as it cannot be reliably removed otherwise
-		if ((dependency.f & CONNECTED) !== 0) {
-			dependency.f ^= CONNECTED;
-			dependency.f &= ~WAS_MARKED;
+		if ((derived.f & CONNECTED) !== 0) {
+			derived.f ^= CONNECTED;
+			derived.f &= ~WAS_MARKED;
 		}
+
+		update_derived_status(derived);
+
 		// Disconnect any reactions owned by this reaction
-		destroy_derived_effects(/** @type {Derived} **/ (dependency));
-		remove_reactions(/** @type {Derived} **/ (dependency), 0);
+		destroy_derived_effects(derived);
+		remove_reactions(derived, 0);
 	}
 }