diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 06338fa..f1dcfe9 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -11656,7 +11656,6 @@
 static Py_hash_t
 unicode_hash(PyObject *self)
 {
-    Py_ssize_t len;
     Py_uhash_t x;  /* Unsigned for defined overflow behavior. */
 
 #ifdef Py_DEBUG
@@ -11666,15 +11665,7 @@
         return _PyUnicode_HASH(self);
     if (PyUnicode_READY(self) == -1)
         return -1;
-    len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(self);
-    /*
-      We make the hash of the empty string be 0, rather than using
-      (prefix ^ suffix), since this slightly obfuscates the hash secret
-    */
-    if (len == 0) {
-        _PyUnicode_HASH(self) = 0;
-        return 0;
-    }
+
     x = _Py_HashBytes(PyUnicode_DATA(self),
                       PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(self) * PyUnicode_KIND(self));
     _PyUnicode_HASH(self) = x;