diff --git a/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatEdgePairs.cc b/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatEdgePairs.cc
index bac1a9495..4ed4ee3e9 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatEdgePairs.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatEdgePairs.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ AsIfFlatEdgePairs::in (const EdgePairs &other, bool invert) const
     op.insert (*o);
   }
 
-  std::auto_ptr<FlatEdgePairs> new_edge_pairs (new FlatEdgePairs (false));
+  std::auto_ptr<FlatEdgePairs> new_edge_pairs (new FlatEdgePairs ());
 
   for (EdgePairsIterator o (begin ()); ! o.at_end (); ++o) {
     if ((op.find (*o) == op.end ()) == invert) {
diff --git a/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatTexts.cc b/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatTexts.cc
index df65c4a25..4bad031a1 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatTexts.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbAsIfFlatTexts.cc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ AsIfFlatTexts::in (const Texts &other, bool invert) const
     op.insert (*o);
   }
 
-  std::auto_ptr<FlatTexts> new_texts (new FlatTexts (false));
+  std::auto_ptr<FlatTexts> new_texts (new FlatTexts ());
 
   for (TextsIterator o (begin ()); ! o.at_end (); ++o) {
     if ((op.find (*o) == op.end ()) == invert) {
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ AsIfFlatTexts::selected_interacting_generic (const Region &other, bool inverse)
     scanner.insert2 (p.operator-> (), 1);
   }
 
-  std::auto_ptr<FlatTexts> output (new FlatTexts (true));
+  std::auto_ptr<FlatTexts> output (new FlatTexts ());
 
   if (! inverse) {
 
diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbTextsTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbTextsTests.cc
index 609de5876..e99bb6960 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbTextsTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbTextsTests.cc
@@ -173,3 +173,32 @@ TEST(6)
   db::Texts r (db::RecursiveShapeIterator (ly, ly.cell (top_cell), l1));
   EXPECT_EQ (r.to_string (), "('abc',r0 100,-200);('uvw',r0 110,210)");
 }
+
+TEST(7)
+{
+  db::Texts texts;
+  texts.insert (db::Text ("abc", db::Trans (db::Vector (100, -200))));
+  texts.insert (db::Text ("uvw", db::Trans (db::Vector (110, 210))));
+
+  db::Region region;
+  region.insert (db::Polygon (db::Box (50, -300, 150, -100)));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ (texts.selected_interacting (region).to_string (), "('abc',r0 100,-200)");
+  EXPECT_EQ (texts.selected_not_interacting (region).to_string (), "('uvw',r0 110,210)");
+
+  {
+    db::Texts tcopy = texts;
+    tcopy.select_interacting (region);
+    EXPECT_EQ (tcopy.to_string (), "('abc',r0 100,-200)");
+  }
+
+  {
+    db::Texts tcopy = texts;
+    tcopy.select_not_interacting (region);
+    EXPECT_EQ (tcopy.to_string (), "('uvw',r0 110,210)");
+  }
+
+  db::Region region_out;
+  texts.pull_interacting (region_out, region);
+  EXPECT_EQ (region_out.to_string (), "(50,-300;50,-100;150,-100;150,-300)");
+}