diff --git a/src/paragraph.C b/src/paragraph.C
index 84ab0f9ffe..5730477e4a 100644
--- a/src/paragraph.C
+++ b/src/paragraph.C
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ int Paragraph::stripLeadingSpaces()
 
 	int i = 0;
 	while (!empty() && (isNewline(0) || isLineSeparator(0))
-		&& (lookupChange(0).type != Change::DELETED)) {
+		&& !isDeleted(0)) {
 		eraseChar(0, false); // no change tracking here
 		++i;
 	}
diff --git a/src/text2.C b/src/text2.C
index cfb1a824b9..96023861b0 100644
--- a/src/text2.C
+++ b/src/text2.C
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ bool LyXText::deleteEmptyParagraphMechanism(LCursor & cur, LCursor & old)
 		    && old.pos() < oldpar.size()
 		    && oldpar.isLineSeparator(old.pos())
 		    && oldpar.isLineSeparator(old.pos() - 1)
-		    && oldpar.lookupChange(old.pos() - 1).type != Change::DELETED) {
+		    && !oldpar.isDeleted(old.pos() - 1)) {
 			oldpar.eraseChar(old.pos() - 1, false); // do not track changes in DEPM
 #ifdef WITH_WARNINGS
 #warning This will not work anymore when we have multiple views of the same buffer