diff --git a/tools/mujs/lib/compiler/transform.ts b/tools/mujs/lib/compiler/transform.ts
index ceb153a75..a2882378b 100644
--- a/tools/mujs/lib/compiler/transform.ts
+++ b/tools/mujs/lib/compiler/transform.ts
@@ -390,8 +390,12 @@ export class Transformer {
                         this.currentModuleMembers[member.name.ident] = member;
                     }
                     else {
-                        // This is a top-level module statement; place it into the module initializer.
-                        statements.push(<ast.Statement>element);
+                        // This is a top-level module statement; place it into the module initializer.  Note that we
+                        // skip empty statements just to avoid superfluously polluting the module with initializers.
+                        let stmt = <ast.Statement>element;
+                        if (stmt.kind !== ast.emptyStatementKind) {
+                            statements.push(stmt);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
              }
diff --git a/tools/mujs/tests/output/modules/export/Mu.out.json b/tools/mujs/tests/output/modules/export/Mu.out.json
index 71d91529c..0afb35716 100644
--- a/tools/mujs/tests/output/modules/export/Mu.out.json
+++ b/tools/mujs/tests/output/modules/export/Mu.out.json
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@
                     "body": {
                         "kind": "Block",
                         "statements": [
-                            {
-                                "kind": "EmptyStatement"
-                            },
                             {
                                 "kind": "BinaryOperatorExpression",
                                 "left": {