diff --git a/src/Yi/Keymap/Emacs.hs b/src/Yi/Keymap/Emacs.hs
--- a/src/Yi/Keymap/Emacs.hs
+++ b/src/Yi/Keymap/Emacs.hs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 import Yi.Keymap.Emacs.Utils
 import Yi.Keymap.Keys
 import Yi.MiniBuffer
-import Yi.Misc                  (adjBlock, adjIndent, placeMark, selectAll)
+import Yi.Misc                  (adjIndent, placeMark, selectAll)
 import Yi.Mode.Buffers          (listBuffers)
 import Yi.Rectangle
 import Yi.Search                (isearchFinishWithE, resetRegexE, getRegexE)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   c <- printableChar
   unless (condition c) empty
   let n = argToInt univArg
-  write (adjBlock n >> replicateM_ n (insertB c))
+  write (replicateM_ n (insertB c))
 
 completionKm :: Bool -> Keymap
 completionKm caseSensitive = do void $ some (meta (char '/') ?>>! wordComplete' caseSensitive)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
            -- and resetting it (restarting at the 1st completion).
 
 deleteB' :: BufferM ()
-deleteB' = adjBlock (-1) >> deleteN 1
+deleteB' = deleteN 1
 
 -- | Wrapper around 'moveE' which also cancels incremental search. See
 -- issue #499 for details.
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
   withIntArg cmd = withUnivArg $ \arg -> cmd (fromMaybe 1 arg)
 
   deleteBack :: YiM ()
-  deleteBack = repeatingArg $ blockKillring >> adjBlock (-1) >> bdeleteB
+  deleteBack = repeatingArg $ blockKillring >> bdeleteB
 
   deleteForward :: YiM ()
   deleteForward = repeatingArg $ blockKillring >> deleteB'
diff --git a/yi-keymap-emacs.cabal b/yi-keymap-emacs.cabal
--- a/yi-keymap-emacs.cabal
+++ b/yi-keymap-emacs.cabal
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.17.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.17.1.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           yi-keymap-emacs
-version:        0.14.1
+version:        0.15.0
 synopsis:       Emacs keymap for Yi editor
 category:       Yi
 homepage:       https://github.com/yi-editor/yi#readme
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     , microlens-platform
     , mtl
     , oo-prototypes
-    , semigroups
     , text
     , transformers-base
     , yi-core