diff --git a/src/common/local_file_system.cpp b/src/common/local_file_system.cpp
index db5352f9e75e..c7364d21ffb7 100644
--- a/src/common/local_file_system.cpp
+++ b/src/common/local_file_system.cpp
@@ -571,19 +571,24 @@ int64_t LocalFileSystem::Write(FileHandle &handle, void *buffer, int64_t nr_byte
 }
 
 bool LocalFileSystem::Trim(FileHandle &handle, idx_t offset_bytes, idx_t length_bytes) {
+	bool trimmed = false;
+#if defined(DUCKDB_RUN_SLOW_VERIFIERS) || defined(DUCKDB_ALTERNATIVE_VERIFY)
+	std::vector<char> zeros(length_bytes, '\0');
+	Write(handle, zeros.data(), length_bytes, offset_bytes);
+	trimmed = true;
+#endif
 #if defined(__linux__)
 	// FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE requires glibc 2.18 or up
 #if __GLIBC__ < 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 18)
-	return false;
+	// Nothing
 #else
 	int fd = handle.Cast<UnixFileHandle>().fd;
 	int res = fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE, UnsafeNumericCast<int64_t>(offset_bytes),
 	                    UnsafeNumericCast<int64_t>(length_bytes));
-	return res == 0;
+	trimmed = (res == 0);
 #endif
-#else
-	return false;
 #endif
+	return trimmed;
 }
 
 int64_t LocalFileSystem::GetFileSize(FileHandle &handle) {