diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/add_actions.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/add_actions.ts
index 9b5ce7a147..3d8c4fbbc0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/add_actions.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/add_actions.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function add_action(block: Block, target: string, action: Action) {
 	const fn = block.renderer.reference(action.name);
 
 	block.event_listeners.push(
-		x`@destroy_action(${id} = ${fn}.call(null, ${target}, ${snippet}))`
+		x`@action_destroyer(${id} = ${fn}.call(null, ${target}, ${snippet}))`
 	);
 
 	if (dependencies && dependencies.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/utils.ts b/src/runtime/internal/utils.ts
index 227454039c..c94a135869 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/utils.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/utils.ts
@@ -122,10 +122,6 @@ export function set_store_value(store, ret, value = ret) {
 
 export const has_prop = (obj, prop) => Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, prop);
 
-export function destroy_action(action_result) {
-	return () => {
-		if (action_result && is_function(action_result.destroy)) {
-			return action_result.destroy();
-		}
-	};
+export function action_destroyer(action_result) {
+	return action_result && is_function(action_result.destroy) ? action_result.destroy : noop;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/js/samples/action-custom-event-handler/expected.js b/test/js/samples/action-custom-event-handler/expected.js
index 0f5d85804c..da42603895 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/action-custom-event-handler/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/action-custom-event-handler/expected.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* generated by Svelte vX.Y.Z */
 import {
 	SvelteComponent,
-	destroy_action,
+	action_destroyer,
 	detach,
 	element,
 	init,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function create_fragment(ctx) {
 		c() {
 			button = element("button");
 			button.textContent = "foo";
-			dispose = destroy_action(foo_action = foo.call(null, button, /*foo_function*/ ctx[1]));
+			dispose = action_destroyer(foo_action = foo.call(null, button, /*foo_function*/ ctx[1]));
 		},
 		m(target, anchor) {
 			insert(target, button, anchor);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function handleFoo(bar) {
 }
 
 function foo(node, callback) {
-	
+
 }
 
 function instance($$self, $$props, $$invalidate) {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/action/expected.js b/test/js/samples/action/expected.js
index fe5d0824a0..dc3ebb5cf8 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/action/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/action/expected.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* generated by Svelte vX.Y.Z */
 import {
 	SvelteComponent,
+	action_destroyer,
 	attr,
-	destroy_action,
 	detach,
 	element,
 	init,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function create_fragment(ctx) {
 			a = element("a");
 			a.textContent = "Test";
 			attr(a, "href", "#");
-			dispose = destroy_action(link_action = link.call(null, a));
+			dispose = action_destroyer(link_action = link.call(null, a));
 		},
 		m(target, anchor) {
 			insert(target, a, anchor);