diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/collapse_variable_declarations.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/collapse_variable_declarations.rs
index a70a59f71fe38..8deba8195b5df 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/collapse_variable_declarations.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/collapse_variable_declarations.rs
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ impl<'a> PeepholeOptimizations {
                 _ => {}
             }
         }
-
-        if self.is_current_function_changed() {
-            stmts.retain(|stmt| !matches!(stmt, Statement::EmptyStatement(_)));
-        }
     }
 
     fn collapse_expr_into_for(
diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/minimize_conditions.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/minimize_conditions.rs
index 8fd2bf3a68f3e..abd99c6c20b63 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/minimize_conditions.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/minimize_conditions.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ impl<'a> PeepholeOptimizations {
             let mut local_change = false;
             self.try_replace_if(stmts, &mut local_change, ctx);
             if local_change {
-                stmts.retain(|stmt| !matches!(stmt, Statement::EmptyStatement(_)));
                 changed = local_change;
             } else {
                 break;
diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/mod.rs
index 87d319ce13178..c3b2c68d5e5a7 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/mod.rs
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ impl<'a> PeepholeOptimizations {
         *current_changed = true;
     }
 
-    pub fn is_current_function_changed(&self) -> bool {
-        let (_, _, current_changed) = self.current_function.last();
-        *current_changed
-    }
-
     #[inline]
     fn is_prev_function_changed(&self) -> bool {
         let (_, prev_changed, _) = self.current_function.last();
@@ -146,6 +141,7 @@ impl<'a> Traverse<'a> for PeepholeOptimizations {
         self.collapse_variable_declarations(stmts, ctx);
         self.minimize_conditions_exit_statements(stmts, ctx);
         self.remove_dead_code_exit_statements(stmts, ctx);
+        stmts.retain(|stmt| !matches!(stmt, Statement::EmptyStatement(_)));
     }
 
     fn exit_statement(&mut self, stmt: &mut Statement<'a>, ctx: &mut TraverseCtx<'a>) {
@@ -337,6 +333,7 @@ impl<'a> Traverse<'a> for DeadCodeElimination {
 
     fn exit_statements(&mut self, stmts: &mut Vec<'a, Statement<'a>>, ctx: &mut TraverseCtx<'a>) {
         self.inner.remove_dead_code_exit_statements(stmts, Ctx(ctx));
+        stmts.retain(|stmt| !matches!(stmt, Statement::EmptyStatement(_)));
     }
 
     fn exit_expression(&mut self, expr: &mut Expression<'a>, ctx: &mut TraverseCtx<'a>) {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/remove_dead_code.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/remove_dead_code.rs
index 494eab25c4e9d..ca01b23dd0ee3 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/remove_dead_code.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/remove_dead_code.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b> PeepholeOptimizations {
         ctx: Ctx<'a, '_>,
     ) {
         self.dead_code_elimination(stmts, ctx);
-        if stmts.iter().any(|stmt| matches!(stmt, Statement::EmptyStatement(_))) {
-            stmts.retain(|stmt| !matches!(stmt, Statement::EmptyStatement(_)));
-        }
     }
 
     pub fn remove_dead_code_exit_statement(&mut self, stmt: &mut Statement<'a>, ctx: Ctx<'a, '_>) {