diff --git a/build/lib/util.js b/build/lib/util.js
index be2670261d75239372206692fe3897d4020cfb0c..6acb7ab574fe42661f7ed22bbf9f77fd142dbc4a 100644
--- a/build/lib/util.js
+++ b/build/lib/util.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function loadSourcemaps() {
             return;
         }
         if (!f.contents) {
-            cb(new Error('empty file'));
+            cb(undefined, f);
             return;
         }
         const contents = f.contents.toString('utf8');
diff --git a/build/lib/util.ts b/build/lib/util.ts
index 578271e6648a8e5fc92340597c75a404ec95de03..6a82295ae2620f480c13abfcf2285bb14658f3da 100644
--- a/build/lib/util.ts
+++ b/build/lib/util.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export function loadSourcemaps(): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream {
 			}
 
 			if (!f.contents) {
-				cb(new Error('empty file'));
+				cb(undefined, f);
 				return;
 			}
 
diff --git a/build/lib/watch/index.js b/build/lib/watch/index.js
index 0a4af2a798f86c1f3d165f8cd440368278fdf7a8..a9ab5972977fee2cbee3a72f513803d7224a942e 100644
--- a/build/lib/watch/index.js
+++ b/build/lib/watch/index.js
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@
 
 const es = require('event-stream');
 
-/** Ugly hack for gulp-tsb */
-function handleDeletions() {
-	return es.mapSync(f => {
-		if (/\.ts$/.test(f.relative) && !f.contents) {
-			f.contents = Buffer.from('');
-			f.stat = { mtime: new Date() };
-		}
-
-		return f;
-	});
-}
 
 let watch = undefined;
 
@@ -24,6 +13,5 @@ if (!watch) {
 }
 
 module.exports = function () {
-	return watch.apply(null, arguments)
-		.pipe(handleDeletions());
+	return watch.apply(null, arguments);
 };