diff --git a/src/Utils.php b/src/Utils.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/Utils.php
+++ b/src/Utils.php
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ abstract class Utils
 		$dom   = self::loadXML($xml);
 		$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
 		$nodes = $xpath->query(str_repeat('//' . $tagName, 1 + $nestingLevel));
-		if (!$nodes)
-		{
-			return $xml;
-		}
-
 		foreach ($nodes as $node)
 		{
 			$node->parentNode->removeChild($node);
Utils: removed alternative code path from removeTag()