From af285ba9e5c1ca98162e249587a925f6ce4aa0db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Volkov <codepro@usa.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:49:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove red herring flag set. It is far too late to set
 LI_DONT_REMOVE in a subopt.

---
 src/cc65/coptstop.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cc65/coptstop.c b/src/cc65/coptstop.c
index 07ad6cb71..945dc1c54 100644
--- a/src/cc65/coptstop.c
+++ b/src/cc65/coptstop.c
@@ -1434,8 +1434,6 @@ static unsigned Opt_a_tosbitwise (StackOpData* D, opc_t OPC)
             X = NewCodeEntry (OP65_LDX, AM65_IMM, MakeHexArg (0), 0, D->Rhs.X.ChgEntry->LI);
             InsertEntry (D, X, D->IP++);
             D->Rhs.X.Flags |= LI_REMOVE;
-        } else {
-            D->Rhs.X.Flags |= LI_DONT_REMOVE;
         }
     } else {
         /* Rhs load entries may be removed */