diff --git a/ConflictSet.cpp b/ConflictSet.cpp
index 61327ad..32f9dfe 100644
--- a/ConflictSet.cpp
+++ b/ConflictSet.cpp
@@ -2931,9 +2931,6 @@ Node **insert(Node **self, std::span<const uint8_t> key,
               InternalVersionT writeVersion, WriteContext *tls,
               ConflictSet::Impl *impl) {
 
-  if ((*self)->partialKeyLen > 0) {
-    consumePartialKey(*self, key, writeVersion, tls);
-  }
   assert(maxVersion(*self, impl) <= writeVersion);
   setMaxVersion(*self, impl, writeVersion);
 
@@ -3063,36 +3060,11 @@ void addWriteRange(Node *&root, std::span<const uint8_t> begin,
   }
   ++tls->accum.range_writes;
   const bool beginIsPrefix = lcp == int(begin.size());
-  auto remaining = begin.subspan(0, lcp);
 
-  auto *n = root;
+  Node **useAsRoot =
+      insert(&root, begin.subspan(0, lcp), writeVersion, tls, impl);
 
-  for (;;) {
-    if (int(remaining.size()) <= n->partialKeyLen) {
-      break;
-    }
-    int i = longestCommonPrefix(n->partialKey(), remaining.data(),
-                                n->partialKeyLen);
-    if (i != n->partialKeyLen) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    auto *child = getChild(n, remaining[n->partialKeyLen]);
-    if (child == nullptr) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    assert(maxVersion(n, impl) <= writeVersion);
-    setMaxVersion(n, impl, writeVersion);
-
-    remaining = remaining.subspan(n->partialKeyLen + 1,
-                                  remaining.size() - (n->partialKeyLen + 1));
-    n = child;
-  }
-
-  Node **useAsRoot = &getInTree(n, impl);
-
-  int consumed = lcp - remaining.size();
+  int consumed = lcp;
 
   begin = begin.subspan(consumed, begin.size() - consumed);
   end = end.subspan(consumed, end.size() - consumed);