diff --git a/src/messages/text_document_completion.cc b/src/messages/text_document_completion.cc
index 6c5c1571..ba1a305d 100644
--- a/src/messages/text_document_completion.cc
+++ b/src/messages/text_document_completion.cc
@@ -350,20 +350,6 @@ struct TextDocumentCompletionHandler : MessageHandler {
 
       QueueManager::WriteStdout(IpcId::TextDocumentCompletion, out);
     } else {
-      // If existing completion is empty, dont return clang-based completion
-      // results Only do this when trigger is not manual or context doesn't
-      // exist (for Atom support).
-      if (existing_completion.empty() && is_global_completion &&
-          (!request->params.context || request->params.context->triggerKind ==
-                                          lsCompletionTriggerKind::TriggerCharacter)) {
-        LOG_S(INFO) << "Existing completion is empty, no completion results "
-                       "will be returned";
-        Out_TextDocumentComplete out;
-        out.id = request->id;
-        QueueManager::WriteStdout(IpcId::TextDocumentCompletion, out);
-        return;
-      }
-
       ClangCompleteManager::OnComplete callback = std::bind(
           [this, is_global_completion, existing_completion, request](
               const std::vector<lsCompletionItem>& results,