diff --git a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
index 20c200fe58..066daa2720 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ export default class FragmentWrapper {
 				if (!first.data) {
 					first.var = null;
 					this.nodes.shift();
-
-					if (this.nodes.length) {
-						link(null, this.nodes[0]);
-					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/if-block-first/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/if-block-first/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7020cbf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/if-block-first/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		visible: false
+	},
+
+	html: '<div><div>before me</div></div>',
+
+	test ( assert, component, target ) {
+		component.set({ visible: true });
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, '<div><div>i am visible</div><div>before me</div></div>' );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/if-block-first/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/if-block-first/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bae6f01e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/if-block-first/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<div>
+	{#if visible}
+		<div>i am visible</div>
+	{/if}
+	<div>before me</div>
+</div>
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