diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/LocalRewriter/LocalRewriter_DeconstructionAssignmentOperator.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/LocalRewriter/LocalRewriter_DeconstructionAssignmentOperator.cs
index fdd0f29560675..11ad47cb715f4 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/LocalRewriter/LocalRewriter_DeconstructionAssignmentOperator.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/LocalRewriter/LocalRewriter_DeconstructionAssignmentOperator.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private BoundExpression RewriteDeconstruction(BoundTupleExpression left, Convers
                 var last = effects.PopLast();
                 if (last is null)
                 {
+                    // Deconstructions with no effects lower to nothing. For example, `(_, _) = (1, 2);`
                     result = null;
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/EditAndContinue/EditAndContinueTests.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/EditAndContinue/EditAndContinueTests.cs
index 0f6a5d3aa61b4..a5cf7864c599b 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/EditAndContinue/EditAndContinueTests.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/Emit/EditAndContinue/EditAndContinueTests.cs
@@ -8311,7 +8311,7 @@ .maxstack  2
 
             diff2.VerifyIL("C.G", @"
 {
-  // Code size       63 (0x3f)
+  // Code size       61 (0x3d)
   .maxstack  2
   .locals init ([unchanged] V_0,
                 [int] V_1,
@@ -8331,32 +8331,30 @@ .maxstack  2
   IL_0007:  stloc.s    V_9
   IL_0009:  ldc.i4.0
   IL_000a:  stloc.s    V_10
-  IL_000c:  br.s       IL_0036
+  IL_000c:  br.s       IL_0034
   IL_000e:  ldloc.s    V_9
   IL_0010:  ldloc.s    V_10
   IL_0012:  ldelem     ""System.ValueTuple<int, (bool, double)>""
   IL_0017:  dup
   IL_0018:  ldfld      ""int System.ValueTuple<int, (bool, double)>.Item1""
   IL_001d:  stloc.2
-  IL_001e:  dup
-  IL_001f:  ldfld      ""(bool, double) System.ValueTuple<int, (bool, double)>.Item2""
-  IL_0024:  stloc.s    V_11
-  IL_0026:  pop
-  IL_0027:  nop
-  IL_0028:  ldloc.2
-  IL_0029:  call       ""void System.Console.WriteLine(int)""
-  IL_002e:  nop
-  IL_002f:  nop
-  IL_0030:  ldloc.s    V_10
-  IL_0032:  ldc.i4.1
-  IL_0033:  add
-  IL_0034:  stloc.s    V_10
-  IL_0036:  ldloc.s    V_10
-  IL_0038:  ldloc.s    V_9
-  IL_003a:  ldlen
-  IL_003b:  conv.i4
-  IL_003c:  blt.s      IL_000e
-  IL_003e:  ret
+  IL_001e:  ldfld      ""(bool, double) System.ValueTuple<int, (bool, double)>.Item2""
+  IL_0023:  stloc.s    V_11
+  IL_0025:  nop
+  IL_0026:  ldloc.2
+  IL_0027:  call       ""void System.Console.WriteLine(int)""
+  IL_002c:  nop
+  IL_002d:  nop
+  IL_002e:  ldloc.s    V_10
+  IL_0030:  ldc.i4.1
+  IL_0031:  add
+  IL_0032:  stloc.s    V_10
+  IL_0034:  ldloc.s    V_10
+  IL_0036:  ldloc.s    V_9
+  IL_0038:  ldlen
+  IL_0039:  conv.i4
+  IL_003a:  blt.s      IL_000e
+  IL_003c:  ret
 }
 ");
         }
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBTupleTests.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBTupleTests.cs
index 772f776ff5384..219f1803a6fbf 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBTupleTests.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Emit/PDB/PDBTupleTests.cs
@@ -246,17 +246,17 @@ static void F(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<(int a, int b)> ie)
         <entry offset=""0x2"" startLine=""8"" startColumn=""13"" endLine=""8"" endColumn=""15"" />
         <entry offset=""0x9"" hidden=""true"" />
         <entry offset=""0xb"" startLine=""6"" startColumn=""13"" endLine=""6"" endColumn=""23"" />
-        <entry offset=""0x20"" startLine=""9"" startColumn=""9"" endLine=""9"" endColumn=""10"" />
-        <entry offset=""0x21"" startLine=""10"" startColumn=""9"" endLine=""10"" endColumn=""10"" />
-        <entry offset=""0x22"" startLine=""7"" startColumn=""13"" endLine=""7"" endColumn=""15"" />
-        <entry offset=""0x2c"" hidden=""true"" />
-        <entry offset=""0x36"" hidden=""true"" />
-        <entry offset=""0x37"" startLine=""11"" startColumn=""5"" endLine=""11"" endColumn=""6"" />
+        <entry offset=""0x1e"" startLine=""9"" startColumn=""9"" endLine=""9"" endColumn=""10"" />
+        <entry offset=""0x1f"" startLine=""10"" startColumn=""9"" endLine=""10"" endColumn=""10"" />
+        <entry offset=""0x20"" startLine=""7"" startColumn=""13"" endLine=""7"" endColumn=""15"" />
+        <entry offset=""0x2a"" hidden=""true"" />
+        <entry offset=""0x34"" hidden=""true"" />
+        <entry offset=""0x35"" startLine=""11"" startColumn=""5"" endLine=""11"" endColumn=""6"" />
       </sequencePoints>
-      <scope startOffset=""0x0"" endOffset=""0x38"">
-        <scope startOffset=""0xb"" endOffset=""0x22"">
-          <local name=""a"" il_index=""1"" il_start=""0xb"" il_end=""0x22"" attributes=""0"" />
-          <local name=""b"" il_index=""2"" il_start=""0xb"" il_end=""0x22"" attributes=""0"" />
+      <scope startOffset=""0x0"" endOffset=""0x36"">
+        <scope startOffset=""0xb"" endOffset=""0x20"">
+          <local name=""a"" il_index=""1"" il_start=""0xb"" il_end=""0x20"" attributes=""0"" />
+          <local name=""b"" il_index=""2"" il_start=""0xb"" il_end=""0x20"" attributes=""0"" />
         </scope>
       </scope>
     </method>