diff --git a/src/compile/nodes/shared/Node.ts b/src/compile/nodes/shared/Node.ts
index 330dac3e35..24848a4507 100644
--- a/src/compile/nodes/shared/Node.ts
+++ b/src/compile/nodes/shared/Node.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export default class Node {
 	}
 
 	warnIfEmptyBlock() {
-		if (!this.component.compileOptions.dev) return;
 		if (!/Block$/.test(this.type) || !this.children) return;
 		if (this.children.length > 1) return;
 
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-dev/_config.js b/test/validator/samples/empty-block-dev/_config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e26996239d..0000000000
--- a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-dev/_config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-	dev: true
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-prod/input.svelte b/test/validator/samples/empty-block-prod/input.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 979ff837e9..0000000000
--- a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-prod/input.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{#each things as thing}
-
-{/each}
-
-{#each things as thing}{/each}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-prod/warnings.json b/test/validator/samples/empty-block-prod/warnings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0637a088a0..0000000000
--- a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-prod/warnings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-dev/input.svelte b/test/validator/samples/empty-block/input.svelte
similarity index 100%
rename from test/validator/samples/empty-block-dev/input.svelte
rename to test/validator/samples/empty-block/input.svelte
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/empty-block-dev/warnings.json b/test/validator/samples/empty-block/warnings.json
similarity index 100%
rename from test/validator/samples/empty-block-dev/warnings.json
rename to test/validator/samples/empty-block/warnings.json