diff --git a/editor/components/writing-flow/index.js b/editor/components/writing-flow/index.js
index d267b7450308..59f7568cf123 100644
--- a/editor/components/writing-flow/index.js
+++ b/editor/components/writing-flow/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import 'element-closest';
-import { find, last, reverse, get } from 'lodash';
+import { find, reverse, get } from 'lodash';
 
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { BlockListBlock } from '../block-list/block';
 import {
 	getPreviousBlockUid,
 	getNextBlockUid,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../store/selectors';
 import {
 	multiSelect,
-	insertDefaultBlock,
 	selectBlock,
 } from '../../store/actions';
 
@@ -41,10 +39,6 @@ import {
  */
 const { UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT } = keycodes;
 
-function isElementNonEmpty( el ) {
-	return !! el.innerText.trim();
-}
-
 class WritingFlow extends Component {
 	constructor() {
 		super( ...arguments );
@@ -109,37 +103,6 @@ class WritingFlow extends Component {
 		} );
 	}
 
-	isInLastNonEmptyBlock( target ) {
-		const tabbables = this.getVisibleTabbables();
-
-		// Find last tabbable, compare with target
-		const lastTabbable = last( tabbables );
-		if ( ! lastTabbable || ! lastTabbable.contains( target ) ) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// Find block-level ancestor of said last tabbable
-		const blockEl = lastTabbable.closest( '.' + BlockListBlock.className );
-		const blockIndex = tabbables.indexOf( blockEl );
-
-		// Unexpected, so we'll leave quietly.
-		if ( blockIndex === -1 ) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// Maybe there are no descendants, and the target is the block itself?
-		if ( lastTabbable === blockEl ) {
-			return isElementNonEmpty( blockEl );
-		}
-
-		// Otherwise, find the descendants of the ancestor, i.e. the target and
-		// its siblings, and check them instead.
-		return tabbables
-			.slice( blockIndex + 1 )
-			.some( ( el ) =>
-				blockEl.contains( el ) && isElementNonEmpty( el ) );
-	}
-
 	expandSelection( currentStartUid, isReverse ) {
 		const { previousBlockUid, nextBlockUid } = this.props;
 
@@ -229,13 +192,6 @@ class WritingFlow extends Component {
 			this.selectParentBlock( closestTabbable );
 			event.preventDefault();
 		}
-
-		if ( isDown && ! isShift && ! hasMultiSelection &&
-				this.isInLastNonEmptyBlock( target ) &&
-				isVerticalEdge( target, false, false )
-		) {
-			this.props.onBottomReached();
-		}
 	}
 
 	render() {
@@ -267,7 +223,6 @@ export default connect(
 	} ),
 	{
 		onMultiSelect: multiSelect,
-		onBottomReached: insertDefaultBlock,
 		onSelectBlock: selectBlock,
 	}
 )( WritingFlow );