diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java
index a06cbe2383..65cc2911c2 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java
@@ -2665,7 +2665,7 @@ public int getStatusMode() {
    * Clear the status area.
    */
   public void statusEmpty() {
-    statusNotice(EMPTY);
+    status.empty();
   }