diff --git a/ext/rtree/rtree.c b/ext/rtree/rtree.c
index 65786fe967..5e11d89266 100644
--- a/ext/rtree/rtree.c
+++ b/ext/rtree/rtree.c
@@ -2162,6 +2162,7 @@ static void fixBoundingBox(Rtree *pRtree, RtreeNode *pNode){
 ** cell, adjust the r-tree data structure if required.
 */
 static int deleteCell(Rtree *pRtree, RtreeNode *pNode, int iCell, int iHeight){
+  RtreeNode *pParent;
   int rc;
 
   if( SQLITE_OK!=(rc = fixLeafParent(pRtree, pNode)) ){
@@ -2178,11 +2179,10 @@ static int deleteCell(Rtree *pRtree, RtreeNode *pNode, int iCell, int iHeight){
   ** cell in the parent node so that it tightly contains the updated
   ** node.
   */
-  if( pNode->iNode!=1 ){
-    RtreeNode *pParent = pNode->pParent;
-    if( (pParent->iNode!=1 || NCELL(pParent)!=1) 
-     && (NCELL(pNode)<RTREE_MINCELLS(pRtree))
-    ){
+  pParent = pNode->pParent;
+  assert( pParent || pNode->iNode==1 );
+  if( pParent ){
+    if( NCELL(pNode)<RTREE_MINCELLS(pRtree) ){
       rc = removeNode(pRtree, pNode, iHeight);
     }else{
       fixBoundingBox(pRtree, pNode);
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 7810826e4c..1b2817e948 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Improve\scoverage\sof\srtree.c\ssome\smore.
-D 2010-08-26T07:59:11
+C Remove\sunreachable\scondition\sfrom\srtree.c.
+D 2010-08-26T11:27:23
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc d6df77f1f48d690bd73162294bbba7f59507c72f
 F Makefile.in 543f91f24cd7fee774ecc0a61c19704c0c3e78fd
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 91d710bdc4998cb015f39edf3cb314ec4f4d7e23
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ F ext/icu/README.txt bf8461d8cdc6b8f514c080e4e10dc3b2bbdfefa9
 F ext/icu/icu.c 850e9a36567bbcce6bd85a4b68243cad8e3c2de2
 F ext/icu/sqliteicu.h 728867a802baa5a96de7495e9689a8e01715ef37
 F ext/rtree/README 6315c0d73ebf0ec40dedb5aa0e942bc8b54e3761
-F ext/rtree/rtree.c e26a75709563c3638ea59960a11464985e3779d9
+F ext/rtree/rtree.c 536070b23d6da289824460a08529f07e638d7c81
 F ext/rtree/rtree.h 834dbcb82dc85b2481cde6a07cdadfddc99e9b9e
 F ext/rtree/rtree1.test 51bb0cd0405970501e63258401ae5ad235a4f468
 F ext/rtree/rtree2.test 47b90f549a59e667e9fb01338956ead6f66c8d9d
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ F tool/speedtest2.tcl ee2149167303ba8e95af97873c575c3e0fab58ff
 F tool/speedtest8.c 2902c46588c40b55661e471d7a86e4dd71a18224
 F tool/speedtest8inst1.c 293327bc76823f473684d589a8160bde1f52c14e
 F tool/vdbe-compress.tcl d70ea6d8a19e3571d7ab8c9b75cba86d1173ff0f
-P afb2484c64bf0cdec8240b9ecd0a794c44a63066
-R c9799883c88c738cdee99f610758f82c
+P bee1959dde19ebec20a7ffcb732aee0c8bb2e67d
+R 9fb046de4a8191bdd0781857213d3e87
 U dan
-Z 3ec65e959402f5df9ce6352482675a71
+Z 921a91bcff15deea1dac40ed4f714457
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 1e65f7223e..31f9d36ae1 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bee1959dde19ebec20a7ffcb732aee0c8bb2e67d
\ No newline at end of file
+90f40cd36860d3af13ec24575dff7cc1f57ac493
\ No newline at end of file