diff --git a/lib/linguist/language.rb b/lib/linguist/language.rb
index 4b2651cc..c4194ea2 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/language.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/language.rb
@@ -92,13 +92,11 @@ module Linguist
     end
 
     require 'linguist/strategy/filename'
-    require 'linguist/strategy/empty_blob'
     require 'linguist/strategy/shebang'
     require 'linguist/strategy/classifier'
 
     STRATEGIES = [
       Linguist::Strategy::Filename,
-      Linguist::Strategy::EmptyBlob,
       Linguist::Strategy::Shebang,
       Linguist::Heuristics,
       Linguist::Strategy::Classifier
diff --git a/lib/linguist/strategy/empty_blob.rb b/lib/linguist/strategy/empty_blob.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a43b6c9d..00000000
--- a/lib/linguist/strategy/empty_blob.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-module Linguist
-  module Strategy
-    # Stops detection if the blob contents are empty
-    class EmptyBlob
-      def self.call(blob, langauges)
-        # Return empty array to stop detection
-        [] if blob.data.nil? || blob.data == ""
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end