diff --git a/share/functions/funced.fish b/share/functions/funced.fish
index 687a6ffa1..a889a42c9 100644
--- a/share/functions/funced.fish
+++ b/share/functions/funced.fish
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ function funced --description 'Edit function definition'
                 echo # add a line between the parse error and the prompt
                 set -l repeat
                 set -l prompt (_ 'Edit the file again\? [Y/n]')
-                while test -z "$repeat"
-                    read -p "echo $prompt\  " repeat
-                end
+                read -p "echo $prompt\  " repeat
                 if not contains $repeat n N no NO No nO
                     continue
                 end