--- a/tools/tryselect/mach_commands.py
+++ b/tools/tryselect/mach_commands.py
@@ -138,31 +138,16 @@ class TrySelect(MachCommandBase):
         For example:
 
           ^start 'exact | !ignore fuzzy end$
         """
         from tryselect.selectors.fuzzy import run_fuzzy_try
         return run_fuzzy_try(**kwargs)
 
     @SubCommand('try',
-                'empty',
-                description='Push to try without scheduling any tasks.')
-    def try_empty(self):
-        """Push to try, running no builds or tests
-
-        This selector does not prompt you to run anything, it just pushes
-        your patches to try, running no builds or tests by default. After
-        the push finishes, you can manually add desired jobs to your push
-        via Treeherder's Add New Jobs feature, located in the per-push
-        menu.
-        """
-        from tryselect.selectors.empty import run_empty_try
-        return run_empty_try()
-
-    @SubCommand('try',
                 'syntax',
                 description='Select tasks on try using try syntax',
                 parser=syntax_parser)
     def try_syntax(self, **kwargs):
         """Push the current tree to try, with the specified syntax.
 
         Build options, platforms and regression tests may be selected
         using the usual try options (-b, -p and -u respectively). In

deleted file mode 100644
--- a/tools/tryselect/selectors/empty.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
-
-import platform
-import subprocess
-
-from ..vcs import VCSHelper
-
-
-def run_empty_try():
-    vcs = VCSHelper.create()
-    return vcs.push_to_try("empty", "", [])

--- a/tools/tryselect/vcs.py
+++ b/tools/tryselect/vcs.py
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@ class VCSHelper(object):
             sys.exit(1)
 
     def push_to_try(self, method, msg, labels=None, templates=None, push=True):
         commit_message = '%s\n\nPushed via `mach try %s`' % (msg, method)
 
         self.check_working_directory(push)
 
         config = None
-        if labels or labels == []:
+        if labels:
             config = self.write_task_config(labels, templates)
 
         try:
             if not push:
                 print("Commit message:")
                 print(commit_message)
                 if config:
                     print("Calculated try_task_config.json:")