diff --git a/src/FrameReflower/AbstractFrameReflower.php b/src/FrameReflower/AbstractFrameReflower.php
index 77c1e01a7..29bdb0eac 100644
--- a/src/FrameReflower/AbstractFrameReflower.php
+++ b/src/FrameReflower/AbstractFrameReflower.php
@@ -260,15 +260,6 @@ function get_min_max_width()
         $cb_w = $this->_frame->get_containing_block("w");
         $delta = (float)$style->length_in_pt($dims, $cb_w);
 
-        // Handle degenerate case
-        if (!$this->_frame->get_first_child()) {
-            return $this->_min_max_cache = [
-                $delta, $delta,
-                "min" => $delta,
-                "max" => $delta,
-            ];
-        }
-
         $low = [];
         $high = [];