diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b8fb7539..948d177be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
    column was invalid.  It was misnamed in the documentation, which should
    have read 'recurrence_indicator'.  Also, the 'tag_indicator' column was
    not mentioned anywhere (thanks to T. Charles Yun).
+ + Fixed bug #319 that caused task to not properly detect the removal of a
+   tag when obtaining confirmation from the user fora bulk modification
+   (thanks to Cory Donnelly).
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index ba1f6160b..a61ac0fd5 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ std::string taskDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
 
   foreach (name, beforeAtts)
     if (*name              != "uuid" &&
-        after.get (*name)  != ""     &&
         before.get (*name) != after.get (*name))
       out << "  - "
           << *name