From 90487310bf2e4c1a1e5f86dd11246dc1040069af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Hennis <ed@ripple.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:55:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Experiment: Always delete the root

---
 src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp b/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp
index bbc8f317ce..8ba160433d 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ ApplyView::dirRemove(
     uint256 const& key,
     bool keepRoot)
 {
+    keepRoot = false;
     auto node = peek(keylet::page(directory, page));
 
     if (!node)