diff --git a/src/types/YText.js b/src/types/YText.js
index 328795e0..8e505f5a 100644
--- a/src/types/YText.js
+++ b/src/types/YText.js
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ const deleteText = (transaction, currPos, length) => {
     currPos.forward()
   }
   if (start) {
-    cleanupFormattingGap(transaction, start, currPos.right, startAttrs, map.copy(currPos.currentAttributes))
+    cleanupFormattingGap(transaction, start, currPos.right, startAttrs, currPos.currentAttributes)
   }
   const parent = /** @type {AbstractType<any>} */ (/** @type {Item} */ (currPos.left || currPos.right).parent)
   if (parent._searchMarker) {
diff --git a/tests/y-text.tests.js b/tests/y-text.tests.js
index 2a555237..7a8c448a 100644
--- a/tests/y-text.tests.js
+++ b/tests/y-text.tests.js
@@ -138,6 +138,28 @@ export const testNotMergeEmptyLinesFormat = tc => {
   ])
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {t.TestCase} tc
+ */
+export const testPreserveAttributesThroughDelete = tc => {
+  const ydoc = new Y.Doc()
+  const testText = ydoc.getText('test')
+  testText.applyDelta([
+    { insert: 'Text' },
+    { insert: '\n', attributes: { title: true } },
+    { insert: '\n' }
+  ])
+  testText.applyDelta([
+    { retain: 4 },
+    { delete: 1 },
+    { retain: 1, attributes: { title: true } }
+  ])
+  t.compare(testText.toDelta(), [
+    { insert: 'Text' },
+    { insert: '\n', attributes: { title: true } }
+  ])
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {t.TestCase} tc
  */