diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 24769f2a3d..08329b81dc 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C The\ssqlite3ExprCompare()\sroutine\sshould\salways\scompare\sthe\ssame\svariables\nas\sequal\sto\sone\sanother,\sregardless\sof\swhether\sor\snot\sQPSG\sis\sset.
-D 2024-11-28T01:47:44.201
+C Simplification\sto\sthe\sfix\sin\sthe\sprior\scheck-in.
+D 2024-11-28T02:09:27.502
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md e108e1e69ae8e8a59e93c455654b8ac9356a11720d3345df2a4743e9590fb20d
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ F src/date.c 89ce1ff20512a7fa5070ba6e7dd5c171148ca7d580955795bf97c79c2456144a
 F src/dbpage.c db1be8adaf1f839ad733c08baeac5c22aa912f7b535865c0c061382602081360
 F src/dbstat.c 73362c0df0f40ad5523a6f5501224959d0976757b511299bf892313e79d14f5c
 F src/delete.c 03a77ba20e54f0f42ebd8eddf15411ed6bdb06a2c472ac4b6b336521bf7cea42
-F src/expr.c 4c63e54936581c817ae8016206d166d80984767dcbe8260335d30a3a949b46b8
+F src/expr.c b838969c58a38dfedabec18c432204895c7333d7a509a20fa63c39bf92001f0e
 F src/fault.c 460f3e55994363812d9d60844b2a6de88826e007
 F src/fkey.c 928ed2517e8732113d2b9821aa37af639688d752f4ea9ac6e0e393d713eeb76f
 F src/func.c 49489dcce46d2d491cedb451e974264150c473e5f5bba448498a9aa4c1993537
@@ -2201,8 +2201,8 @@ F tool/version-info.c 3b36468a90faf1bbd59c65fd0eb66522d9f941eedd364fabccd7227350
 F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee87c1b31a7
 F tool/warnings.sh 49a486c5069de041aedcbde4de178293e0463ae9918ecad7539eedf0ec77a139
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
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-R bf789819bbc729d8b5b556765482541d
+P df95d5209a77c0302e08ea7b1f248646fb2a062ba5beca898678aee0a1d03a3a
+R 2a463ba8c7e54a6e85c2163c1e1ce03b
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-Z cce72d62fb16414e1a59b528ee955fa0
+Z 5b8128e8d052469f340725fed84274b9
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index f688f406bf..d656caede7 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-df95d5209a77c0302e08ea7b1f248646fb2a062ba5beca898678aee0a1d03a3a
+f79cb748c9447ca4d2184a24219feb19571eb79870e0bedf14704743a3d5f8b9
diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index 709d90fad4..d0282f7147 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -6193,14 +6193,8 @@ static SQLITE_NOINLINE int exprCompareVariable(
   int iVar;
   sqlite3_value *pL, *pR = 0;
  
-  if( pExpr->op==TK_VARIABLE ){
-    assert( pVar->u.zToken!=0 );
-    assert( pExpr->u.zToken!=0 );
-    if( pVar->iColumn==pExpr->iColumn
-     && strcmp(pVar->u.zToken,pExpr->u.zToken)==0
-    ){
-      return 0;
-    }
+  if( pExpr->op==TK_VARIABLE && pVar->iColumn==pExpr->iColumn ){
+    return 0;
   }
   if( (pParse->db->flags & SQLITE_EnableQPSG)!=0 ) return 2;
   sqlite3ValueFromExpr(pParse->db, pExpr, SQLITE_UTF8, SQLITE_AFF_BLOB, &pR);