diff --git a/base/changes.txt b/base/changes.txt
index 92554f96b..6adc4e13e 100644
--- a/base/changes.txt
+++ b/base/changes.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ to completeness or accuracy and it contains some references to files that are
 not part of the distribution.
 ================================================================================
 
+2024-09-12 Ulrike Fischer <Ulrike.Fischer@latex-project.org>
+	* ltproperties.dtx: remove @filesw-test in \__property_record:nn,
+	see https://github.com/latex3/tagging-project/issues/696
+
 2024-09-11  Frank Mittelbach  <Frank.Mittelbach@latex-project.org>
 
 	* lterror.dtx (subsection{Specific errors}):
diff --git a/base/ltproperties.dtx b/base/ltproperties.dtx
index 5b869437b..0e07a0ae0 100644
--- a/base/ltproperties.dtx
+++ b/base/ltproperties.dtx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 %<*driver> 
 % \fi
 \ProvidesFile{ltproperties.dtx}
-             [2024/06/29 v1.0e LaTeX Kernel (Properties)]
+             [2024/09/05 v1.0f LaTeX Kernel (Properties)]
 % \iffalse
 %
 \documentclass[full]{l3doc}
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@
 %   comma at the end of the list as that is easier to deal with than trying
 %   to tidy up, and there is no real downside.
 % \changes{v1.0d}{2024-01-17}{Use \cs{protected@write}}%   
+% \changes{v1.0f}{2024-09-05}{Remove \cs{if@filesw} test to be in line with \cs{label}, 
+%   tagging-project issue 696}%
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \cs_new_protected:Npn \property_record:nN #1#2
   { \property_record:nV {#1} #2 }
@@ -568,14 +570,11 @@
 \cs_generate_variant:Nn \property_record:nn { nV , ee, oo }
 \cs_new_protected:Npn \@@_record:nn #1#2
   {
-    \legacy_if:nT { @filesw }
+    \protected@write \@auxout {}
       {
-        \protected@write \@auxout {}
-          {
-            \token_to_str:N \new@label@record 
-              {#1}
-              { \clist_map_function:nN {#2} \@@_record_value:n }
-          }
+        \token_to_str:N \new@label@record 
+          {#1}
+          { \clist_map_function:nN {#2} \@@_record_value:n }
       }
   }
 \cs_generate_variant:Nn \@@_record:nn { e }