diff --git a/tests/ne_110m_admin_0_countries/out/-z2_--convert-polygons-to-label-points.json b/tests/ne_110m_admin_0_countries/out/-z2_--convert-polygons-to-label-points.json
index 01201ee7..505b7ade 100644
--- a/tests/ne_110m_admin_0_countries/out/-z2_--convert-polygons-to-label-points.json
+++ b/tests/ne_110m_admin_0_countries/out/-z2_--convert-polygons-to-label-points.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 "maxzoom": "2",
 "minzoom": "0",
 "name": "tests/ne_110m_admin_0_countries/out/-z2_--convert-polygons-to-label-points.json.check.mbtiles",
-"strategies": "[{},{},{\"tiny_polygons\":1}]",
 "type": "overlay",
 "version": "2"
 }, "features": [
diff --git a/tile.cpp b/tile.cpp
index 58c234ac..850bb760 100644
--- a/tile.cpp
+++ b/tile.cpp
@@ -2504,6 +2504,7 @@ long long write_tile(decompressor *geoms, std::atomic<long long> *geompos_in, ch
 					// this is maxzoom; ok to stop early still because they said to limit abruptly
 					layer_features.resize(limit_tile_feature_count_at_maxzoom);
 					too_many_features = false;  // don't try to drop; we have already truncated
+					too_many_bytes = false;	    // don't try to drop; we have already truncated
 					skipped = 0;		    // doesn't matter that we skipped features; we have truncated
 				}
 			} else if (limit_tile_feature_count != 0) {
@@ -2511,6 +2512,7 @@ long long write_tile(decompressor *geoms, std::atomic<long long> *geompos_in, ch
 					can_stop_early = false;
 					layer_features.resize(limit_tile_feature_count);
 					too_many_features = false;  // don't try to drop; we have already truncated
+					too_many_bytes = false;	    // don't try to drop; we have already truncated
 					skipped = 0;		    // doesn't matter that we skipped features; we have truncated
 				}
 			}