diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node.h
index 3118cdfa3..258aa9ce3 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node.h
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ class DicNode {
 #if DEBUG_DICT
     DicNodeProfiler mProfiler;
 #endif
-    //////////////////
-    // Memory utils //
-    //////////////////
-    AK_FORCE_INLINE static void managedDelete(DicNode *node) {
-        node->remove();
-    }
-    // end
-    /////////////////
 
     AK_FORCE_INLINE DicNode()
             :
@@ -158,7 +150,7 @@ class DicNode {
         PROF_NODE_COPY(&dicNode->mProfiler, mProfiler);
     }
 
-    AK_FORCE_INLINE void remove() {
+    AK_FORCE_INLINE void finalize() {
         mIsUsed = false;
         if (mReleaseListener) {
             mReleaseListener->onReleased(this);
@@ -478,17 +470,7 @@ class DicNode {
         mReleaseListener = releaseListener;
     }
 
-    AK_FORCE_INLINE bool compare(const DicNode *right) {
-        if (!isUsed() && !right->isUsed()) {
-            // Compare pointer values here for stable comparison
-            return this > right;
-        }
-        if (!isUsed()) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (!right->isUsed()) {
-            return false;
-        }
+    AK_FORCE_INLINE bool compare(const DicNode *right) const {
         // Promote exact matches to prevent them from being pruned.
         const bool leftExactMatch = ErrorTypeUtils::isExactMatch(getContainedErrorTypes());
         const bool rightExactMatch = ErrorTypeUtils::isExactMatch(right->getContainedErrorTypes());
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_priority_queue.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_priority_queue.h
index 1f02731a5..081911eda 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_priority_queue.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_priority_queue.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class DicNodePriorityQueue : public DicNodeReleaseListener {
         }
         setMaxSize(maxSize);
         for (int i = 0; i < mCapacity + 1; ++i) {
-            mDicNodesBuf[i].remove();
+            mDicNodesBuf[i].finalize();
             mDicNodesBuf[i].setReleaseListener(this);
             mUnusedNodeIndices[i] = i == mCapacity ? NOT_A_NODE_ID : static_cast<int>(i) + 1;
         }
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ class DicNodePriorityQueue : public DicNodeReleaseListener {
         if (dest) {
             DicNodeUtils::initByCopy(node, dest);
         }
-        node->remove();
+        node->finalize();
         mDicNodesQueue.pop();
     }
 
-    void onReleased(DicNode *dicNode) {
+    void onReleased(const DicNode *dicNode) {
         const int index = static_cast<int>(dicNode - &mDicNodesBuf[0]);
         if (mUnusedNodeIndices[index] != NOT_A_NODE_ID) {
             // it's already released
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class DicNodePriorityQueue : public DicNodeReleaseListener {
             mDicNodesQueue.push(dicNode);
             return dicNode;
         }
-        dicNode->remove();
+        dicNode->finalize();
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_release_listener.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_release_listener.h
index 2ca4f21bd..c3f432951 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_release_listener.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_node_release_listener.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class DicNodeReleaseListener {
  public:
     DicNodeReleaseListener() {}
     virtual ~DicNodeReleaseListener() {}
-    virtual void onReleased(DicNode *dicNode) = 0;
+    virtual void onReleased(const DicNode *dicNode) = 0;
  private:
     DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DicNodeReleaseListener);
 };
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_nodes_cache.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_nodes_cache.h
index d4769e739..6b8dc8c96 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_nodes_cache.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dicnode/dic_nodes_cache.h
@@ -100,14 +100,7 @@ class DicNodesCache {
     }
 
     AK_FORCE_INLINE void copyPushNextActive(DicNode *dicNode) {
-        DicNode *pushedDicNode = mNextActiveDicNodes->copyPush(dicNode);
-        if (!pushedDicNode) {
-            if (dicNode->isCached()) {
-                dicNode->remove();
-            }
-            // We simply drop any dic node that was not cached, ignoring the slim chance
-            // that one of its children represents what the user really wanted.
-        }
+        mNextActiveDicNodes->copyPush(dicNode);
     }
 
     void popTerminal(DicNode *dest) {
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/result/suggestions_output_utils.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/result/suggestions_output_utils.cpp
index b40f3226f..d07f5ca41 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/result/suggestions_output_utils.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/result/suggestions_output_utils.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ const int SuggestionsOutputUtils::MIN_LEN_FOR_MULTI_WORD_AUTOCORRECT = 16;
                              true /* forceCommit */, boostExactMatches) : finalScore;
             outputShortcuts(&shortcutIt, shortcutBaseScore, sameAsTyped, outSuggestionResults);
         }
-        DicNode::managedDelete(terminalDicNode);
     }
     scoringPolicy->getMostProbableString(traverseSession, languageWeight, outSuggestionResults);
 }
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/suggest.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/suggest.cpp
index 2ea6452af..303182cf4 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/suggest.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/suggest.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ void Suggest::processExpandedDicNode(
             traverseSession->getDicTraverseCache()->copyPushNextActive(dicNode);
         }
     }
-    DicNode::managedDelete(dicNode);
 }
 
 void Suggest::processDicNodeAsMatch(DicTraverseSession *traverseSession,
@@ -388,7 +387,6 @@ void Suggest::processDicNodeAsTransposition(DicTraverseSession *traverseSession,
                 processExpandedDicNode(traverseSession, childDicNode2);
             }
         }
-        DicNode::managedDelete(childDicNodes1[i]);
     }
 }