diff --git a/AbuseFilter.class.php b/AbuseFilter.class.php
index 032706e34..e1ee04165 100644
--- a/AbuseFilter.class.php
+++ b/AbuseFilter.class.php
@@ -2077,7 +2077,6 @@ class AbuseFilter {
 
 		$vars->setVar( 'ACTION', 'edit' );
 		$vars->setVar( 'SUMMARY', $row->rc_comment );
-		$vars->setVar( 'minor_edit', $row->rc_minor );
 
 		$vars->setLazyLoadVar( 'new_wikitext', 'revision-text-by-id',
 			array( 'revid' => $row->rc_this_oldid ) );
diff --git a/AbuseFilter.hooks.php b/AbuseFilter.hooks.php
index 92c9a72ad..1fb86883e 100644
--- a/AbuseFilter.hooks.php
+++ b/AbuseFilter.hooks.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class AbuseFilterHooks {
 
 		// Load vars for filters to check
 		$vars = self::newVariableHolderForEdit(
-			$user, $title, $page, $summary, $minoredit, $oldtext, $text
+			$user, $title, $page, $summary, $oldtext, $text
 		);
 
 		$filter_result = AbuseFilter::filterAction( $vars, $title );
@@ -135,14 +135,13 @@ class AbuseFilterHooks {
 	 * @param Title $title
 	 * @param WikiPage|null $page
 	 * @param string $summary
-	 * @param bool $minoredit
 	 * @param string $oldtext
 	 * @param string $text
 	 * @return AbuseFilterVariableHolder
 	 * @throws MWException
 	 */
 	private static function newVariableHolderForEdit(
-		User $user, Title $title, $page, $summary, $minoredit, $oldtext, $text
+		User $user, Title $title, $page, $summary, $oldtext, $text
 	) {
 		$vars = new AbuseFilterVariableHolder();
 		$vars->addHolders(
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ class AbuseFilterHooks {
 		);
 		$vars->setVar( 'action', 'edit' );
 		$vars->setVar( 'summary', $summary );
-		$vars->setVar( 'minor_edit', $minoredit );
 		$vars->setVar( 'old_wikitext', $oldtext );
 		$vars->setVar( 'new_wikitext', $text );
 		// TODO: set old_content and new_content vars, use them
@@ -801,14 +799,8 @@ class AbuseFilterHooks {
 		// Do this outside the synchronous stash lock to avoid any chance of slowdown.
 		DeferredUpdates::addCallableUpdate(
 			function () use ( $user, $page, $summary, $oldtext, $text ) {
-				// Case A: if the edit turns out to be non-minor
 				$vars = self::newVariableHolderForEdit(
-					$user, $page->getTitle(), $page, $summary, false, $oldtext, $text
-				);
-				AbuseFilter::filterAction( $vars, $page->getTitle(), 'default', $user, 'stash' );
-				// Case B: if the edit turns out to be minor
-				$vars = self::newVariableHolderForEdit(
-					$user, $page->getTitle(), $page, $summary, true, $oldtext, $text
+					$user, $page->getTitle(), $page, $summary, $oldtext, $text
 				);
 				AbuseFilter::filterAction( $vars, $page->getTitle(), 'default', $user, 'stash' );
 			},
diff --git a/AbuseFilterVariableHolder.php b/AbuseFilterVariableHolder.php
index 34a8c9854..f93ec5907 100644
--- a/AbuseFilterVariableHolder.php
+++ b/AbuseFilterVariableHolder.php
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ class AbuseFilterVariableHolder {
 
 	public static $varBlacklist = array( 'context' );
 
+	public function __construct() {
+		// Backwards-compatibility (unused now)
+		$this->setVar( 'minor_edit', false );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param $variable
 	 * @param $datum