diff --git a/bin/solid.pill b/bin/solid.pill
index cfc5ec66fd..45d056caf2 100644
--- a/bin/solid.pill
+++ b/bin/solid.pill
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:cc80ac4de50bb5be47c6545289d883ad7e334f19464fb61a91fe96a5dcbfd4be
-size 9633328
+oid sha256:9063b34d6f7bd309df947753fbc1e5cda5fca9399bbfd62c2a2a67ac6e21f3b1
+size 9654478
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon
index 4080074f1d..c9cb77cac6 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon
@@ -5817,6 +5817,11 @@
       ?:  verified.build-relation
         ~
       `sub
+    ::  dequeue orphans in case we were about to run them
+    ::
+    =/  orphan-set        (~(gas in *(set ^build)) orphans)
+    =.  next-builds       (~(dif in next-builds) orphan-set)
+    =.  candidate-builds  (~(dif in candidate-builds) orphan-set)
     ::  remove links to orphans in :build's +build-status
     ::
     =^  build-status  builds.state