Index: test/corruptC.test
==================================================================
--- test/corruptC.test
+++ test/corruptC.test
@@ -186,12 +186,16 @@
   hexio_write test.db 3074 [format %02x 0xa0]
 
   sqlite3 db test.db
   catchsql {BEGIN; UPDATE t2 SET y='abcdef-uvwxyz'; ROLLBACK;}
 } {1 {database disk image is malformed}}
+
 
 # corruption (seed 179069)
+# Obsolete.  With single-pass DELETE the corruption in the
+# main database is not detected.
+if 0 {
 do_test corruptC-2.8 {
   db close
   forcecopy test.bu test.db
 
   # insert corrupt byte(s)
@@ -202,10 +206,11 @@
   hexio_write test.db 2139 [format %02x 0x55]
 
   sqlite3 db test.db
   catchsql {BEGIN; DELETE FROM t1 WHERE x>13; ROLLBACK;}
 } {1 {database disk image is malformed}}
+}
 
 # corruption (seed 170434)
 #
 # UPDATE: Prior to 3.8.2, this used to return SQLITE_CORRUPT. It no longer
 # does. That is Ok, the point of these tests is to verify that no buffer