diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ContentPresenter.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ContentPresenter.cs
index 3fd927afa3..8837901816 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ContentPresenter.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ContentPresenter.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 using System;
-
-using Avalonia.Controls.Metadata;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Primitives;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Templates;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Utils;
+using Avalonia.Data;
+using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Layout;
 using Avalonia.LogicalTree;
 using Avalonia.Media;
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Presenters
     /// <summary>
     /// Presents a single item of data inside a <see cref="TemplatedControl"/> template.
     /// </summary>
-    [PseudoClasses(":empty")]
     public class ContentPresenter : Control, IContentPresenter
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -103,11 +102,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Presenters
             TemplatedParentProperty.Changed.AddClassHandler<ContentPresenter>((x, e) => x.TemplatedParentChanged(e));
         }
 
-        public ContentPresenter()
-        {
-            UpdatePseudoClasses();
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a brush with which to paint the background.
         /// </summary>
@@ -430,15 +424,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Presenters
                 _recyclingDataTemplate = null;
             }
 
-            UpdatePseudoClasses();
             InvalidateMeasure();
         }
 
-        private void UpdatePseudoClasses()
-        {
-            PseudoClasses.Set(":empty", Content is null);
-        }
-
         private double GetLayoutScale()
         {
             var result = (VisualRoot as ILayoutRoot)?.LayoutScaling ?? 1.0;