diff --git a/include/bitcoin/database/impl/primitives/hashmap.ipp b/include/bitcoin/database/impl/primitives/hashmap.ipp
index 48d35154..72674df7 100644
--- a/include/bitcoin/database/impl/primitives/hashmap.ipp
+++ b/include/bitcoin/database/impl/primitives/hashmap.ipp
@@ -273,24 +273,15 @@ bool CLASS::put_link(Link& link, const Key& key,
     if (!ptr)
         return false;
 
+    // iostream.flush is a nop (direct copy).
     iostream stream{ *ptr };
     finalizer sink{ stream };
     sink.skip_bytes(Link::size);
     sink.write_bytes(key);
 
-    // The finalizer provides deferred index commit following serialization.
-    // Because the lambda captures ptr and is in turn held as a member of sink,
-    // ptr is guaranteed in scope until sink destruction, which follows flush.
-    // It may be possible to instead assign ptr to a sink member, but not being
-    // referenced would make it subject to optimization (volatile might work).
-    sink.set_finalizer([this, link, index = head_.index(key), ptr]() NOEXCEPT
-    {
-        auto& next = unsafe_array_cast<uint8_t, Link::size>(ptr->begin());
-        return head_.push(link, next, index);
-    });
-
     if constexpr (!is_slab) { BC_DEBUG_ONLY(sink.set_limit(Size * count);) }
-    return element.to_data(sink) && sink.finalize();
+    auto& next = unsafe_array_cast<uint8_t, Link::size>(ptr->begin());
+    return element.to_data(sink) && head_.push(link, next, head_.index(key));
 }
 
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@@ -311,24 +302,15 @@ bool CLASS::put(const Link& link, const Key& key,
     if (!ptr)
         return false;
 
+    // iostream.flush is a nop (direct copy).
     iostream stream{ *ptr };
     finalizer sink{ stream };
     sink.skip_bytes(Link::size);
     sink.write_bytes(key);
 
-    // The finalizer provides deferred index commit following serialization.
-    // Because the lambda captures ptr and is in turn held as a member of sink,
-    // ptr is guaranteed in scope until sink destruction, which follows flush.
-    // It may be possible to instead assign ptr to a sink member, but not being
-    // referenced would make it subject to optimization (volatile might work).
-    sink.set_finalizer([this, link, index = head_.index(key), ptr]() NOEXCEPT
-    {
-        auto& next = unsafe_array_cast<uint8_t, Link::size>(ptr->begin());
-        return head_.push(link, next, index);
-    });
-
     if constexpr (!is_slab) { BC_DEBUG_ONLY(sink.set_limit(Size * count);) }
-    return element.to_data(sink) && sink.finalize();
+    auto& next = unsafe_array_cast<uint8_t, Link::size>(ptr->begin());
+    return element.to_data(sink) && head_.push(link, next, head_.index(key));
 }
 
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