diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ae8f97285..c9c131f01 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore = E203,W503,E231
+ignore = E203,W503,E231,E222
 max-line-length = 100
diff --git a/aider/coders/editblock_coder.py b/aider/coders/editblock_coder.py
index 28331edf0..074151b0f 100644
--- a/aider/coders/editblock_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/editblock_coder.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class EditBlockCoder(Coder):
 
 """
 
-            if updated in content:
+            if updated in content and updated:
                 res += f"""Are you sure you need this SEARCH/REPLACE block?
 The REPLACE lines are already in {path}!