diff --git a/Utility/Url.hs b/Utility/Url.hs
index c877583d80..508b9eeb44 100644
--- a/Utility/Url.hs
+++ b/Utility/Url.hs
@@ -118,16 +118,8 @@ download' quiet url headers options file =
 	 - downloaded before the resume. -}
 	curl = go "curl" $ headerparams ++ quietopt "-s" ++
 		[Params "-f -L -C - -# -o"]
-	go cmd opts = do
-		ok <- boolSystem cmd $
-			options++opts++[File file, File url]
-		-- wget sometimes leaves behind an empty file on failure;
-		-- remove this as it sometimes interferes with a re-download
-		unless ok $ do
-			size <- catchMaybeIO $ fileSize <$> getFileStatus file
-			when (size == Just 0) $
-				removeFile file
-		return ok
+	go cmd opts = boolSystem cmd $
+		options++opts++[File file, File url]
 	quietopt s
 		| quiet = [Param s]
 		| otherwise = []
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 359a052f2d..cc60b973bc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ git-annex (4.20130816) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * import: Add options to control handling of duplicate files:
     --duplicate, --deduplicate, and --clean-duplicates
   * mirror: New command, makes two repositories contain the same set of files.
-  * Delete empty downloaded file when wget fails, to work around reported
-    resume failure.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:47:52 +0200