diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c41290085..8c209927f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## 0.7 (unreleased)
 
+### Diffing
+
+Fixed issues when creating/removing a whole file meant that difftastic
+didn't display anything.
+
 ### Display
 
 Side-by-side display now uses "..." for column numbers when aligning
diff --git a/src/syntax.rs b/src/syntax.rs
index 3ac1cb795..d6203814c 100644
--- a/src/syntax.rs
+++ b/src/syntax.rs
@@ -832,17 +832,8 @@ pub fn aligned_lines(
     // different number of lines, we can end up with extra padding on
     // the side with fewer lines.
     //
-    // Work around that by discarding any lines at the beginning with
-    // aren't matched.
-    //
     // TODO: fix padding to be smarter.
-    //
-    // TODO: do the same for the end of the hunk.
     aligned_lines_(&lhs_lines, &rhs_lines, lhs_line_matches)
-        .iter()
-        .skip_while(|(lhs, rhs)| lhs.is_none() || rhs.is_none())
-        .copied()
-        .collect()
 }
 
 /// Given two slices of contiguous line numbers, return pairs of