diff --git a/dvc/command/init.py b/dvc/command/init.py
index 73aee7603..0af442928 100644
--- a/dvc/command/init.py
+++ b/dvc/command/init.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from dvc.command.base import CmdBase
 from dvc.logger import Logger
 from dvc.config import Config
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
-from dvc.state_file import StateFile
-from dvc.system import System
 
 
 class InitError(DvcException):
@@ -61,9 +59,6 @@ StoragePath =
 ProjectName = 
 '''
 
-    EMPTY_FILE_NAME = '.empty'
-    EMPTY_FILE_CHECKSUM = '0000000'
-
     def __init__(self, settings):
         super(CmdInit, self).__init__(settings)
 
@@ -103,8 +98,6 @@ ProjectName =
             os.path.join(config_dir_path.name, cache_dir_path.name),
             os.path.join(config_dir_path.name, state_dir_path.name)))
 
-        self.create_empty_file()
-
         conf_file = open(conf_file_name, 'wt')
         conf_file.write(self.CONFIG_TEMPLATE)
         conf_file.close()
@@ -114,18 +107,3 @@ ProjectName =
 
         message = 'DVC init. cache dir {}, state dir {}, '.format(cache_dir_path.name, state_dir_path.name)
         return self.commit_if_needed(message)
-
-    def create_empty_file(self):
-        empty_data_path = os.path.join(self.settings.git.git_dir_abs, self.EMPTY_FILE_NAME)
-
-        data_item = self.settings.path_factory.data_item(empty_data_path)
-        open(empty_data_path, 'w').close()
-        data_item.move_data_to_cache()
-
-        StateFile(StateFile.COMMAND_EMPTY_FILE,
-                  data_item,
-                  self.settings,
-                  input_files=[],
-                  output_files=[],
-                  lock=False).save(is_update_target_metrics=False)
-        pass
diff --git a/dvc/command/show_pipeline.py b/dvc/command/show_pipeline.py
index 6f7d54b48..e54b31f55 100644
--- a/dvc/command/show_pipeline.py
+++ b/dvc/command/show_pipeline.py
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ class CmdShowPipeline(Traverse):
         name = data_item.data.relative
         state = StateFile.load(data_item, self.git)
 
-        if name == os.path.join('.', CmdInit.EMPTY_FILE_NAME):
-            return
-
         self.g.add_node(name)
 
         for i in state.input_files:
diff --git a/dvc/state_file.py b/dvc/state_file.py
index 2e1bed6b5..9455cb7b6 100644
--- a/dvc/state_file.py
+++ b/dvc/state_file.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ class StateFile(object):
 
     COMMAND_RUN = 'run'
     COMMAND_IMPORT_FILE = 'import-file'
-    COMMAND_EMPTY_FILE = 'empty'
-    ACCEPTED_COMMANDS = {COMMAND_IMPORT_FILE, COMMAND_RUN, COMMAND_EMPTY_FILE}
+    ACCEPTED_COMMANDS = {COMMAND_IMPORT_FILE, COMMAND_RUN}
 
     PARAM_COMMAND = 'Command'
     PARAM_TYPE = 'Type'