diff --git a/changelog.d/9330-tombstones-default-on.md b/changelog.d/9330-tombstones-default-on.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+### Performance
+
+- **Tombstone deletes are default-on again.** #9038's O(1) delete (6.5× on
+  populated delete, ~15× vs node at the time) was rolled back to opt-in by
+  #9212 because of #9200 — an evacuating minor could sweep a deleted
+  receiver's live keys array, leaving it shapeless. #9317 fixed that
+  structurally (every post-birth ShapeId publish arms `old_carrier` through a
+  single funnel), so the win returns to the default configuration.
+  `PERRY_OBJECT_TOMBSTONES=0` remains the kill switch.
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/delete_rest.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/delete_rest.rs
index 3507a09cee..ddde8fd752 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/delete_rest.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/delete_rest.rs
@@ -1500,13 +1500,19 @@ fn object_tombstone_deletes_enabled() -> bool {
     }
     static ON: std::sync::OnceLock<bool> = std::sync::OnceLock::new();
     *ON.get_or_init(|| {
-        // #9200: keep tombstones opt-in until an evacuating-GC interaction
-        // with class dispatch is fixed. The default-on route can restore a
-        // deleted receiver to its canonical class shape after relocation,
-        // making Object.keys() empty and fixed-slot reads return wrong data.
-        matches!(
+        // DEFAULT-ON again (#9038's 6.5x populated-delete win). #9212 made
+        // this opt-in because of #9200 — an unarmed successor descriptor let
+        // an evacuating minor sweep a deleted receiver's live keys array —
+        // and #9317 fixed that structurally: every post-birth ShapeId publish
+        // now routes through `stamp_object_shape_id_with_carrier_note`, which
+        // arms `old_carrier` for any non-nursery receiver, so the descriptor
+        // (and the keys array only it reaches) is rooted by construction.
+        // `PERRY_OBJECT_TOMBSTONES=0` remains the kill switch for A/B and
+        // attribution — the same switch that isolated #9108, #9110 and #9200
+        // each in one command.
+        !matches!(
             std::env::var("PERRY_OBJECT_TOMBSTONES").as_deref(),
-            Ok("1") | Ok("on") | Ok("true")
+            Ok("0") | Ok("off") | Ok("false")
         )
     })
 }