diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/common/page.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/common/page.cljs
index f8c124d0c..2215012a5 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/common/page.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/common/page.cljs
@@ -63,17 +63,9 @@
      (when redirect?
        (route-handler/redirect-to-page! page-uuid))
      (let [page (db/get-page (or page-uuid title))]
-       (if-let [first-block (ldb/get-first-child @conn (:db/id page))]
-         (do
-           (block-handler/edit-block! first-block :max {:container-id :unknown-container})
-           page)
-         ;; create first block and then focus it
-         (p/let [blocks-tx (db-worker-page/build-first-block-tx (:block/uuid page)
-                                                                (or (:format options) (common-config/get-preferred-format config)))
-                 _ (ldb/transact! conn blocks-tx {:outliner-op :insert-blocks})
-                 first-block (ldb/get-first-child @conn (:db/id page))]
-           (block-handler/edit-block! first-block :max {:container-id :unknown-container})
-           page))))))
+       (when-let [first-block (ldb/get-first-child @conn (:db/id page))]
+         (block-handler/edit-block! first-block :max {:container-id :unknown-container}))
+       page))))
 
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