diff --git a/.changeset/new-candles-marry.md b/.changeset/new-candles-marry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d55980c7204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/new-candles-marry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+chore: simplify internal component `pop()`
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/context.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/context.js
index 736b81c1726a..5cde944454fa 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/context.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/context.js
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ export function push(props, runes = false, fn) {
 		c: null,
 		d: false,
 		e: null,
-		m: false,
 		s: props,
 		x: null,
 		l: null
@@ -176,37 +175,28 @@ export function push(props, runes = false, fn) {
  * @returns {T}
  */
 export function pop(component) {
-	const context_stack_item = component_context;
-	if (context_stack_item !== null) {
-		if (component !== undefined) {
-			context_stack_item.x = component;
-		}
-		const component_effects = context_stack_item.e;
-		if (component_effects !== null) {
-			var previous_effect = active_effect;
-			var previous_reaction = active_reaction;
-			context_stack_item.e = null;
-			try {
-				for (var i = 0; i < component_effects.length; i++) {
-					var component_effect = component_effects[i];
-					set_active_effect(component_effect.effect);
-					set_active_reaction(component_effect.reaction);
-					create_user_effect(component_effect.fn);
-				}
-			} finally {
-				set_active_effect(previous_effect);
-				set_active_reaction(previous_reaction);
-			}
-		}
-		component_context = context_stack_item.p;
-		if (DEV) {
-			dev_current_component_function = context_stack_item.p?.function ?? null;
+	var context = /** @type {ComponentContext} */ (component_context);
+	var effects = context.e;
+
+	if (effects !== null) {
+		context.e = null;
+
+		for (var fn of effects) {
+			create_user_effect(fn);
 		}
-		context_stack_item.m = true;
 	}
-	// Micro-optimization: Don't set .a above to the empty object
-	// so it can be garbage-collected when the return here is unused
-	return component || /** @type {T} */ ({});
+
+	if (component !== undefined) {
+		context.x = component;
+	}
+
+	component_context = context.p;
+
+	if (DEV) {
+		dev_current_component_function = component_context?.function ?? null;
+	}
+
+	return component ?? /** @type {T} */ ({});
 }
 
 /** @returns {boolean} */
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
index df2afd3e386e..51c68055295a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
@@ -179,28 +179,18 @@ export function teardown(fn) {
 export function user_effect(fn) {
 	validate_effect('$effect');
 
-	// Non-nested `$effect(...)` in a component should be deferred
-	// until the component is mounted
-	var defer =
-		active_effect !== null &&
-		(active_effect.f & BRANCH_EFFECT) !== 0 &&
-		component_context !== null &&
-		!component_context.m;
-
 	if (DEV) {
 		define_property(fn, 'name', {
 			value: '$effect'
 		});
 	}
 
-	if (defer) {
+	if (!active_reaction && active_effect && (active_effect.f & BRANCH_EFFECT) !== 0) {
+		// Top-level `$effect(...)` in a component — defer until mount
 		var context = /** @type {ComponentContext} */ (component_context);
-		(context.e ??= []).push({
-			fn,
-			effect: active_effect,
-			reaction: active_reaction
-		});
+		(context.e ??= []).push(fn);
 	} else {
+		// Everything else — create immediately
 		return create_user_effect(fn);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/types.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/types.d.ts
index 0b7310e1726b..6012dcf56a34 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/types.d.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,7 @@ export type ComponentContext = {
 	/** destroyed */
 	d: boolean;
 	/** deferred effects */
-	e: null | Array<{
-		fn: () => void | (() => void);
-		effect: null | Effect;
-		reaction: null | Reaction;
-	}>;
-	/** mounted */
-	m: boolean;
+	e: null | Array<() => void | (() => void)>;
 	/**
 	 * props — needed for legacy mode lifecycle functions, and for `createEventDispatcher`
 	 * @deprecated remove in 6.0