diff --git a/lib/src/commit.rs b/lib/src/commit.rs
index a6ffe3ec2..3480c8152 100644
--- a/lib/src/commit.rs
+++ b/lib/src/commit.rs
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ impl Commit {
         &self.data
     }
 
-    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        let parents = self.parents();
-        // TODO: Perhaps the root commit should also be considered empty.
-        parents.len() == 1 && parents[0].tree_id() == self.tree_id()
-    }
-
     pub fn description(&self) -> &str {
         &self.data.description
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/repo.rs b/lib/src/repo.rs
index d7d90b061..008fb2872 100644
--- a/lib/src/repo.rs
+++ b/lib/src/repo.rs
@@ -835,7 +835,8 @@ impl MutableRepo {
                 .store()
                 .get_commit(&wc_commit_id)
                 .map_err(EditCommitError::WorkingCopyCommitNotFound)?;
-            if wc_commit.is_empty()
+            if wc_commit.parent_ids().len() == 1
+                && wc_commit.parents()[0].tree_id() == wc_commit.tree_id()
                 && wc_commit.description().is_empty()
                 && self.view().heads().contains(wc_commit.id())
             {