diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRecreateDatabase.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRecreateDatabase.cs
index 6423746e7..e6579f853 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRecreateDatabase.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRecreateDatabase.cs
@@ -725,6 +725,36 @@ DELETE FROM ""RemoteVolume"" WHERE ""Type"" = '{RemoteVolumeType.Blocks}' AND ""
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Move blocks that are not referenced by any files to DeletedBlock table.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// Needs to be called after the last FindMissingBlocklistHashes, otherwise the tables are not up to date.
+        public void CleanupDeletedBlocks(System.Data.IDbTransaction transaction)
+        {
+            // Find out which blocks are deleted and move them into DeletedBlock, so that compact notices these blocks are empty
+            // Deleted blocks do not appear in the BlocksetEntry and not in the BlocklistHash table
+
+            var tmptablename = "DeletedBlocks-" + Library.Utility.Utility.ByteArrayAsHexString(Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray());
+
+            using (var tr = new TemporaryTransactionWrapper(m_connection, transaction))
+            using (var cmd = m_connection.CreateCommand(tr.Parent))
+            {
+                // 1. Select blocks not used by any file and not as a blocklist into temporary table
+                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ""{0}""
+                    AS SELECT ""Block"".""ID"", ""Block"".""Hash"", ""Block"".""Size"", ""Block"".""VolumeID"" FROM ""Block""
+                        WHERE ""Block"".""ID"" NOT IN (SELECT ""BlocksetEntry"".""BlockID"" FROM ""BlocksetEntry"")
+                        AND ""Block"".""Hash"" NOT IN (SELECT ""BlocklistHash"".""Hash"" FROM ""BlocklistHash"")", tmptablename));
+                // 2. Insert blocks into DeletedBlock table
+                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"INSERT INTO ""DeletedBlock"" (""Hash"", ""Size"", ""VolumeID"") SELECT ""Hash"", ""Size"", ""VolumeID"" FROM ""{0}""", tmptablename));
+                // 3. Remove blocks from Block table
+                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"DELETE FROM ""Block"" WHERE ""ID"" IN (SELECT ""ID"" FROM ""{0}"")", tmptablename));
+                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ""{0}""", tmptablename));
+                tr.Commit();
+            }
+
+
+        }
+
         public override void Dispose()
         {
             using (var cmd = m_connection.CreateCommand())
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RecreateDatabaseHandler.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RecreateDatabaseHandler.cs
index 1e1e72370..d7d9f5a19 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RecreateDatabaseHandler.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RecreateDatabaseHandler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2024, The Duplicati Team
+// Copyright (C) 2024, The Duplicati Team
 // https://duplicati.com, hello@duplicati.com
 // 
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 
@@ -582,6 +582,14 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
 
                 backend.WaitForComplete(restoredb, null);
 
+                if (!m_options.RepairOnlyPaths)
+                {
+                    // All blocks are collected and added into the Block table
+                    // Find out which blocks are deleted and move them into DeletedBlock, 
+                    // so that compact can calculate the unused space
+                    restoredb.CleanupDeletedBlocks(null);
+                }
+
                 // In some cases we have a stale reference from an index file to a deleted block file
                 if (!m_options.UnittestMode)
                     restoredb.CleanupMissingVolumes();
diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/BorderTests.cs b/Duplicati/UnitTest/BorderTests.cs
index 6e9015b37..3e05176f9 100644
--- a/Duplicati/UnitTest/BorderTests.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/BorderTests.cs
@@ -309,6 +309,14 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
                 Assert.AreEqual((filenames.Count * 3) + 1, r.Files.Count());
             }
 
+            using (var c = new Library.Main.Controller("file://" + TARGETFOLDER, testopts.Expand(new { full_remote_verification = true }), null))
+            {
+                var r = c.Test(long.MaxValue);
+                Assert.AreEqual(0, r.Errors.Count());
+                Assert.AreEqual(0, r.Warnings.Count());
+                Assert.IsFalse(r.Verifications.Any(p => p.Value.Any()));
+            }
+
             testopts["dbpath"] = this.recreatedDatabaseFile;
 
             using (var c = new Library.Main.Controller("file://" + TARGETFOLDER, testopts, null))
@@ -358,6 +366,14 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
                 Assert.AreEqual((filenames.Count * 3) + 1, r.Files.Count());
             }
 
+            using (var c = new Library.Main.Controller("file://" + TARGETFOLDER, testopts.Expand(new { full_remote_verification = true }), null))
+            {
+                var r = c.Test(long.MaxValue);
+                Assert.AreEqual(0, r.Errors.Count());
+                Assert.AreEqual(0, r.Warnings.Count());
+                Assert.IsFalse(r.Verifications.Any(p => p.Value.Any()));
+            }
+
             using (var c = new Library.Main.Controller("file://" + TARGETFOLDER, testopts.Expand(new { restore_path = RESTOREFOLDER }), null))
             {
                 var r = c.Restore(null);
diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompactDisruptionTests.cs b/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompactDisruptionTests.cs
index 07526ab9a..fb88aa1f3 100644
--- a/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompactDisruptionTests.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/CompactDisruptionTests.cs
@@ -566,9 +566,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
             using (var c = new Library.Main.Controller(target, testopts, null))
             {
                 ICompactResults compactResults = c.Compact();
-                // This currently fails, because the DeletedBlocks table is not populated after a repair
-                // Once PR #4982 is merged, this should work
-                // Assert.Greater(compactResults.DownloadedFileCount, 0, "No compact operation was performed");
+                Assert.Greater(compactResults.DownloadedFileCount, 0, "No compact operation was performed");
             }
 
             // Make sure there are no errors after success compacting