diff --git a/.changeset/healthy-carrots-exercise.md b/.changeset/healthy-carrots-exercise.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c9dd66a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/healthy-carrots-exercise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@powersync/common': patch
+---
+
+Remove unused compaction logic.
diff --git a/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/BucketStorageAdapter.ts b/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/BucketStorageAdapter.ts
index 76e92e4f3..3d6080769 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/BucketStorageAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/BucketStorageAdapter.ts
@@ -96,16 +96,6 @@ export interface BucketStorageAdapter extends BaseObserver<BucketStorageListener
 
   hasCompletedSync(): Promise<boolean>;
   updateLocalTarget(cb: () => Promise<string>): Promise<boolean>;
-  /**
-   * Exposed for tests only.
-   */
-  autoCompact(): Promise<void>;
-
-  /**
-   * Exposed for tests only.
-   */
-  forceCompact(): Promise<void>;
-
   getMaxOpId(): string;
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/SqliteBucketStorage.ts b/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/SqliteBucketStorage.ts
index a2bd3014f..c206e9fa2 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/SqliteBucketStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/client/sync/bucket/SqliteBucketStorage.ts
@@ -18,20 +18,12 @@ import { CrudBatch } from './CrudBatch.js';
 import { CrudEntry, CrudEntryJSON } from './CrudEntry.js';
 import { SyncDataBatch } from './SyncDataBatch.js';
 
-const COMPACT_OPERATION_INTERVAL = 1_000;
-
 export class SqliteBucketStorage extends BaseObserver<BucketStorageListener> implements BucketStorageAdapter {
   public tableNames: Set<string>;
-  private pendingBucketDeletes: boolean;
   private _hasCompletedSync: boolean;
   private updateListener: () => void;
   private _clientId?: Promise<string>;
 
-  /**
-   * Count up, and do a compact on startup.
-   */
-  private compactCounter = COMPACT_OPERATION_INTERVAL;
-
   constructor(
     private db: DBAdapter,
     private mutex: Mutex,
@@ -39,7 +31,6 @@ export class SqliteBucketStorage extends BaseObserver<BucketStorageListener> imp
   ) {
     super();
     this._hasCompletedSync = false;
-    this.pendingBucketDeletes = true;
     this.tableNames = new Set();
     this.updateListener = db.registerListener({
       tablesUpdated: (update) => {
@@ -102,16 +93,13 @@ export class SqliteBucketStorage extends BaseObserver<BucketStorageListener> imp
 
   async saveSyncData(batch: SyncDataBatch, fixedKeyFormat: boolean = false) {
     await this.writeTransaction(async (tx) => {
-      let count = 0;
       for (const b of batch.buckets) {
         const result = await tx.execute('INSERT INTO powersync_operations(op, data) VALUES(?, ?)', [
           'save',
           JSON.stringify({ buckets: [b.toJSON(fixedKeyFormat)] })
         ]);
         this.logger.debug('saveSyncData', JSON.stringify(result));
-        count += b.data.length;
       }
-      this.compactCounter += count;
     });
   }
 
@@ -130,7 +118,6 @@ export class SqliteBucketStorage extends BaseObserver<BucketStorageListener> imp
     });
 
     this.logger.debug('done deleting bucket');
-    this.pendingBucketDeletes = true;
   }
 
   async hasCompletedSync() {
@@ -177,8 +164,6 @@ export class SqliteBucketStorage extends BaseObserver<BucketStorageListener> imp
       return { ready: false, checkpointValid: true };
     }
 
-    await this.forceCompact();
-
     return {
       ready: true,
       checkpointValid: true
@@ -260,42 +245,6 @@ export class SqliteBucketStorage extends BaseObserver<BucketStorageListener> imp
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Force a compact, for tests.
-   */
-  async forceCompact() {
-    this.compactCounter = COMPACT_OPERATION_INTERVAL;
-    this.pendingBucketDeletes = true;
-
-    await this.autoCompact();
-  }
-
-  async autoCompact() {
-    await this.deletePendingBuckets();
-    await this.clearRemoveOps();
-  }
-
-  private async deletePendingBuckets() {
-    if (this.pendingBucketDeletes !== false) {
-      await this.writeTransaction(async (tx) => {
-        await tx.execute('INSERT INTO powersync_operations(op, data) VALUES (?, ?)', ['delete_pending_buckets', '']);
-      });
-      // Executed once after start-up, and again when there are pending deletes.
-      this.pendingBucketDeletes = false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async clearRemoveOps() {
-    if (this.compactCounter < COMPACT_OPERATION_INTERVAL) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    await this.writeTransaction(async (tx) => {
-      await tx.execute('INSERT INTO powersync_operations(op, data) VALUES (?, ?)', ['clear_remove_ops', '']);
-    });
-    this.compactCounter = 0;
-  }
-
   async updateLocalTarget(cb: () => Promise<string>): Promise<boolean> {
     const rs1 = await this.db.getAll(
       "SELECT target_op FROM ps_buckets WHERE name = '$local' AND target_op = CAST(? as INTEGER)",
diff --git a/packages/web/tests/bucket_storage.test.ts b/packages/web/tests/bucket_storage.test.ts
index 70f9e6a10..66cce87e9 100644
--- a/packages/web/tests/bucket_storage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/tests/bucket_storage.test.ts
@@ -514,8 +514,6 @@ describe('Bucket Storage', { sequential: true }, () => {
       buckets: [{ bucket: 'bucket1', checksum: 7, priority: 3 }]
     });
 
-    await bucketStorage.forceCompact();
-
     await syncLocalChecked({
       last_op_id: '4',
       write_checkpoint: '4',