diff --git a/nr/Cargo.toml b/nr/Cargo.toml
index fd77b224..599c4011 100644
--- a/nr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nr/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ static_assertions = "1.1.0"
 loom = { git = "https://github.com/gz/loom.git", branch = "try_recv" }
 arr_macro = "0.1.3"
 
+[target.'cfg(not(loom))'.dependencies]
+# Config based dependency due to https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/2463
+tokio = {version = "1.11.0", features = ["rt", "macros"]}
+futures = "0.3.17"
+
 # Add debug symbols on the release build so that we can debug performance issues
 [profile.release]
 debug = true
@@ -33,8 +38,6 @@ debug = true
 chashmap = "2.2"
 rand = {version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"]}
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
-tokio = {version = "1.11.0", features = ["rt", "macros"]}
-futures = "0.3.17"
 
 [features]
 unstable = []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nr/src/replica.rs b/nr/src/replica.rs
index 1b2c8806..5a8effa5 100644
--- a/nr/src/replica.rs
+++ b/nr/src/replica.rs
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ where
 
         // Append all collected operations into the shared log. We pass a closure
         // in here because operations on the log might need to be consumed for GC.
-        if buffer.len() > 0 {
+        {
             let mut data = self.data.write(next);
             let f = |o: <D as Dispatch>::WriteOperation, i: usize| {
                 #[cfg(not(loom))]