diff --git a/core/src/sync/push.rs b/core/src/sync/push.rs
index c3e72ff..350bf63 100644
--- a/core/src/sync/push.rs
+++ b/core/src/sync/push.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //! patch (docs/sync.md). The server resolves conflicts last-write-wins by the client's
 //! `edited_at`, snapshotting anything it overwrites into the note's version history.
 
-use rusqlite::{params, Connection, OptionalExtension};
+use rusqlite::{params, Connection};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::blobs::BlobStore;
@@ -481,18 +481,10 @@ fn forget_pending_delete(conn: &Connection, change: &Change) -> rusqlite::Result
 
 /// True when anything is waiting to go up. Cheap enough to call before a cycle.
 pub fn has_pending(conn: &Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<bool> {
-    let pending: Option<i64> = conn
-        .query_row(
-            "SELECT 1 FROM notes WHERE dirty = 1
-              UNION ALL SELECT 1 FROM labels WHERE dirty = 1
-              UNION ALL SELECT 1 FROM pending_deletes
-              UNION ALL SELECT 1 FROM attachments WHERE uploaded = 0 AND upload_error IS NULL
-              LIMIT 1",
-            [],
-            |r| r.get(0),
-        )
-        .optional()?;
-    Ok(pending.is_some())
+    // One definition of "pending": the fingerprint's. Counting where a LIMIT 1 would
+    // do costs nothing on a local store, and two lists of the same four predicates
+    // would drift.
+    Ok(pending_fingerprint(conn)?.is_some())
 }
 
 /// A value that changes whenever the set of pending changes does, and stays put