diff --git a/crates/text/src/text.rs b/crates/text/src/text.rs
index 43e41fd4d289dbd6dd5dc0c49f368ac2385b518a..38ebc2148722d625718d38062fd61c043db62aed 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/text.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use postage::{oneshot, prelude::*};
 use regex::Regex;
 pub use rope::*;
 pub use selection::*;
+use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
     cmp::{self, Ordering, Reverse},
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ pub struct Fragment {
     pub insertion_offset: usize,
     pub len: usize,
     pub visible: bool,
-    pub deletions: HashSet<clock::Lamport>,
+    pub deletions: SmallVec<[clock::Lamport; 2]>,
     pub max_undos: clock::Global,
 }
 
@@ -948,7 +949,7 @@ impl Buffer {
                     intersection.insertion_offset += fragment_start - old_fragments.start().visible;
                     intersection.id =
                         Locator::between(&new_fragments.summary().max_id, &intersection.id);
-                    intersection.deletions.insert(timestamp);
+                    intersection.deletions.push(timestamp);
                     intersection.visible = false;
                 }
                 if intersection.len > 0 {
@@ -1197,7 +1198,7 @@ impl Buffer {
                         fragment_start - old_fragments.start().0.full_offset();
                     intersection.id =
                         Locator::between(&new_fragments.summary().max_id, &intersection.id);
-                    intersection.deletions.insert(timestamp);
+                    intersection.deletions.push(timestamp);
                     intersection.visible = false;
                     insertion_slices.push(InsertionSlice::from_fragment(timestamp, &intersection));
                 }