diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b952d2b89..e84626996 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Dates are in `YYYY-MM-DD` format and versions are in [semantic versioning](http:
 
 -   [#514](https://github.com/wordplaydev/wordplay/issues/514) Fixed cursor position on hidden language tags.
 -   Fixed parsing bug that prevented complete parsing of the program.
+-   Fixed reactivity dependency bug that included evaluates in branch dependencies.
 
 ## 0.10.4 2024-07-08
 
diff --git a/src/nodes/Evaluate.ts b/src/nodes/Evaluate.ts
index 533a1cd50..be0029d9c 100644
--- a/src/nodes/Evaluate.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/Evaluate.ts
@@ -739,10 +739,6 @@ export default class Evaluate extends Expression {
         return false;
     }
 
-    hasBranch(expr: Expression) {
-        return this.fun === expr || this.inputs.includes(expr);
-    }
-
     compile(evaluator: Evaluator, context: Context): Step[] {
         // To compile an evaluate, we need to compile all of the given and default values in
         // order of the function's declaration. This requires getting the function/structure definition