diff --git a/js/id/actions/delete_way.js b/js/id/actions/delete_way.js
index 1c6b6ff5f..eb58223cb 100644
--- a/js/id/actions/delete_way.js
+++ b/js/id/actions/delete_way.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ iD.actions.DeleteWay = function(wayId) {
                 !graph.parentRelations(node).length) {
                 if (!node.hasInterestingTags()) {
                     graph = graph.remove(node);
-                } else {
                 }
             }
         });
diff --git a/test/spec/actions/delete_way.js b/test/spec/actions/delete_way.js
index 2a569cb0e..2436b9149 100644
--- a/test/spec/actions/delete_way.js
+++ b/test/spec/actions/delete_way.js
@@ -38,12 +38,4 @@ describe("iD.actions.DeleteWay", function () {
             graph  = action(iD.Graph([node, way]));
         expect(graph.entity(node.id)).not.to.be.undefined;
     });
-
-    it("registers member nodes with interesting tags as POIs", function () {
-        var node   = iD.Node({tags: {highway: 'traffic_signals'}}),
-            way    = iD.Way({nodes: [node.id]}),
-            action = iD.actions.DeleteWay(way.id),
-            graph  = action(iD.Graph([node, way]));
-        expect(graph.entity(node.id)._poi).to.be.ok;
-    });
 });