diff --git a/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/replace_if_let_with_match.rs b/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/replace_if_let_with_match.rs
index 3a89c2b996c8..22675fbee0f2 100644
--- a/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/replace_if_let_with_match.rs
+++ b/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/replace_if_let_with_match.rs
@@ -210,11 +210,7 @@ pub(crate) fn replace_match_with_if_let(acc: &mut Assists, ctx: &AssistContext)
                 ast::Expr::BlockExpr(block) => block,
                 expr => make::block_expr(iter::empty(), Some(expr)),
             };
-            let else_expr = match else_expr {
-                ast::Expr::BlockExpr(block) if block.is_empty() => None,
-                ast::Expr::TupleExpr(tuple) if tuple.fields().next().is_none() => None,
-                expr => Some(expr),
-            };
+            let else_expr = if is_empty_expr(&else_expr) { None } else { Some(else_expr) };
             let if_let_expr = make::expr_if(
                 condition,
                 then_block,
@@ -257,7 +253,10 @@ fn pick_pattern_and_expr_order(
 
 fn is_empty_expr(expr: &ast::Expr) -> bool {
     match expr {
-        ast::Expr::BlockExpr(expr) => expr.is_empty(),
+        ast::Expr::BlockExpr(expr) => match expr.stmt_list() {
+            Some(it) => it.statements().next().is_none() && it.tail_expr().is_none(),
+            None => true,
+        },
         ast::Expr::TupleExpr(expr) => expr.fields().next().is_none(),
         _ => false,
     }
diff --git a/crates/syntax/src/ast/node_ext.rs b/crates/syntax/src/ast/node_ext.rs
index a07f02e4451c..800befb04bd8 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/src/ast/node_ext.rs
+++ b/crates/syntax/src/ast/node_ext.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ use parser::SyntaxKind;
 use rowan::{GreenNodeData, GreenTokenData};
 
 use crate::{
-    ast::{
-        self, support, AstNode, AstToken, HasAttrs, HasGenericParams, HasModuleItem, HasName,
-        SyntaxNode,
-    },
+    ast::{self, support, AstNode, AstToken, HasAttrs, HasGenericParams, HasName, SyntaxNode},
     NodeOrToken, SmolStr, SyntaxElement, SyntaxToken, TokenText, T,
 };
 
@@ -54,13 +51,6 @@ impl ast::HasModuleItem for ast::StmtList {}
 
 impl ast::BlockExpr {
     // FIXME: remove all these methods, they belong to ast::StmtList
-    pub fn items(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = ast::Item> {
-        self.stmt_list().into_iter().flat_map(|it| it.items())
-    }
-
-    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.statements().next().is_none() && self.tail_expr().is_none()
-    }
     pub fn statements(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = ast::Stmt> {
         self.stmt_list().into_iter().flat_map(|it| it.statements())
     }