diff --git a/IkiWiki/Render.pm b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
index c1a3dcbf2..632ec980b 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Render.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ sub genpage ($$) {
 
 sub scan ($) {
 	my $file=shift;
-	return if $phase > PHASE_SCAN || $scanned{$file};
+	return if $scanned{$file};
 	$scanned{$file}=1;
 
 	debug(sprintf(gettext("scanning %s"), $file));
@@ -886,9 +886,6 @@ sub refresh () {
 
 	# At this point it becomes OK to start matching pagespecs.
 	$phase = PHASE_RENDER;
-	# Save some memory: we no longer need to keep track of which pages
-	# we've scanned
-	%scanned = ();
 
 	remove_del(@$del, @$internal_del);