diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 09fae42a20..141cfeab9b 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Adjust\smemory\ssize\scomputations\sto\savoid\sa\sconditional\sthat\sis\salways\nfalse\son\s64-bit\ssystems.\s(CVS\s6942)
-D 2009-07-25T17:42:22
+C Remove\sobsolete\sassert\sand\stestcase\smacros\srelated\sto\sticket\s#2565\s(CVS\s6943)
+D 2009-07-25T19:31:32
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc fcd5e9cd67fe88836360bb4f9ef4cb7f8e2fb5a0
 F Makefile.in df9359da7a726ccb67a45db905c5447d5c00c6ef
 F Makefile.linux-gcc d53183f4aa6a9192d249731c90dbdffbd2c68654
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ F src/os_common.h 8c61457df58f1a4bd5f5adc3e90e01b37bf7afbc
 F src/os_os2.c bed77dc26e3a95ce4a204936b9a1ca6fe612fcc5
 F src/os_unix.c cdb2a08b9ce4aa13b3f7b91d4dd60fb48be9f56a
 F src/os_win.c 725c38a524d168ce280446ad8761d731bc516405
-F src/pager.c f050740b628e564d10b7269170f7c62e91286a84
+F src/pager.c a9ce18aaeff8d0db8e3a1ce201403d24a88b5615
 F src/pager.h 11852d044c86cf5a9d6e34171fb0c4fcf1f6265f
 F src/parse.y bcd46d43fbd23a22b8c020a3eb1806b794794ed5
 F src/pcache.c c92ffd4f3e1279b3766854c6d18b5bf4aac0d1fa
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ F tool/speedtest2.tcl ee2149167303ba8e95af97873c575c3e0fab58ff
 F tool/speedtest8.c 2902c46588c40b55661e471d7a86e4dd71a18224
 F tool/speedtest8inst1.c 293327bc76823f473684d589a8160bde1f52c14e
 F tool/vdbe-compress.tcl 672f81d693a03f80f5ae60bfefacd8a349e76746
-P 1d931f77519baf3586708c77cbd161c0e75bcbaf
-R 1a0264645a22cb518a2f7e53ba7c8b67
+P 04211e6af9cdd3e7f19b458c72b722f8f8584245
+R 8adb748dfc821dbb88e17d8c87bfe5b8
 U drh
-Z 524f3fe5a603b07a7180f1e927937f4d
+Z f21756b73703ef7299f117f5f2222357
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index f34d57ef7b..3efb4d7a77 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-04211e6af9cdd3e7f19b458c72b722f8f8584245
\ No newline at end of file
+f0024b3189245d608a0cb57fa7e472c6daa1406f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index 847e454097..a537536b4f 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ** file simultaneously, or one process from reading the database while
 ** another is writing.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: pager.c,v 1.625 2009/07/25 17:39:14 danielk1977 Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: pager.c,v 1.626 2009/07/25 19:31:32 drh Exp $
 */
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_DISKIO
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
@@ -1598,46 +1598,6 @@ static int pager_playback_one_page(
   return rc;
 }
 
-#if !defined(NDEBUG) || defined(SQLITE_COVERAGE_TEST)
-/*
-** This routine looks ahead into the main journal file and determines
-** whether or not the next record (the record that begins at file
-** offset pPager->journalOff) is a well-formed page record consisting
-** of a valid page number, pPage->pageSize bytes of content, followed
-** by a valid checksum.
-**
-** The pager never needs to know this in order to do its job.   This
-** routine is only used from within assert() and testcase() macros.
-*/
-static int pagerNextJournalPageIsValid(Pager *pPager){
-  Pgno pgno;           /* The page number of the page */
-  u32 cksum;           /* The page checksum */
-  int rc;              /* Return code from read operations */
-  sqlite3_file *fd;    /* The file descriptor from which we are reading */
-  u8 *aData;           /* Content of the page */
-
-  /* Read the page number header */
-  fd = pPager->jfd;
-  rc = read32bits(fd, pPager->journalOff, &pgno);
-  if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){ return 0; }                                  /*NO_TEST*/
-  if( pgno==0 || pgno==PAGER_MJ_PGNO(pPager) ){ return 0; }         /*NO_TEST*/
-  if( pgno>(Pgno)pPager->dbSize ){ return 0; }                      /*NO_TEST*/
-
-  /* Read the checksum */
-  rc = read32bits(fd, pPager->journalOff+pPager->pageSize+4, &cksum);
-  if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){ return 0; }                                  /*NO_TEST*/
-
-  /* Read the data and verify the checksum */
-  aData = (u8*)pPager->pTmpSpace;
-  rc = sqlite3OsRead(fd, aData, pPager->pageSize, pPager->journalOff+4);
-  if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){ return 0; }                                  /*NO_TEST*/
-  if( pager_cksum(pPager, aData)!=cksum ){ return 0; }              /*NO_TEST*/
-
-  /* Reach this point only if the page is valid */
-  return 1;
-}
-#endif /* !defined(NDEBUG) || defined(SQLITE_COVERAGE_TEST) */
-
 /*
 ** Parameter zMaster is the name of a master journal file. A single journal
 ** file that referred to the master journal file has just been rolled back.
@@ -1997,11 +1957,6 @@ static int pager_playback(Pager *pPager, int isHot){
     ** pages that need to be rolled back and that the number of pages 
     ** should be computed based on the journal file size.
     */
-    testcase( nRec==0 && !isHot
-         && pPager->journalHdr+JOURNAL_HDR_SZ(pPager)!=pPager->journalOff
-         && ((szJ - pPager->journalOff) / JOURNAL_PG_SZ(pPager))>0
-         && pagerNextJournalPageIsValid(pPager)
-    );
     if( nRec==0 && !isHot &&
         pPager->journalHdr+JOURNAL_HDR_SZ(pPager)==pPager->journalOff ){
       nRec = (int)((szJ - pPager->journalOff) / JOURNAL_PG_SZ(pPager));
@@ -2193,11 +2148,6 @@ static int pagerPlaybackSavepoint(Pager *pPager, PagerSavepoint *pSavepoint){
     ** test is related to ticket #2565.  See the discussion in the
     ** pager_playback() function for additional information.
     */
-    assert( !(nJRec==0
-         && pPager->journalHdr+JOURNAL_HDR_SZ(pPager)!=pPager->journalOff
-         && ((szJ - pPager->journalOff) / JOURNAL_PG_SZ(pPager))>0
-         && pagerNextJournalPageIsValid(pPager))
-    );
     if( nJRec==0 
      && pPager->journalHdr+JOURNAL_HDR_SZ(pPager)==pPager->journalOff
     ){