diff --git a/mypy/semanal.py b/mypy/semanal.py
index 2ea444bf4ab2..ad70cc85a45d 100644
--- a/mypy/semanal.py
+++ b/mypy/semanal.py
@@ -2636,9 +2636,6 @@ def analyze_lvalue(self,
self.fail('Unexpected type declaration', lval)
lval.accept(self)
elif isinstance(lval, TupleExpr):
- items = lval.items
- if len(items) == 0 and isinstance(lval, TupleExpr):
- self.fail("can't assign to ()", lval)
self.analyze_tuple_or_list_lvalue(lval, explicit_type)
elif isinstance(lval, StarExpr):
if nested:
diff --git a/test-data/unit/README.md b/test-data/unit/README.md
index e1923b90ad52..d8a42f4bc444 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/README.md
+++ b/test-data/unit/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Quick Start
To add a simple unit test for a new feature you developed, open or create a
`test-data/unit/check-*.test` file with a name that roughly relates to the
-feature you added.
+feature you added. If you added a new `check-*.test` file, add it to the list
+of files in `mypy/test/testcheck.py`.
Add the test in this format anywhere in the file:
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-tuples.test b/test-data/unit/check-tuples.test
index ec3c2bc48c1b..55bee11b699f 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-tuples.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-tuples.test
@@ -1458,3 +1458,15 @@ x7, x8, y7, y8 = *points2, *points3 # E: Contiguous iterable with same type expe
x9, y9, x10, y10, z5 = *points2, 1, *points2 # E: Contiguous iterable with same type expected
[builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
+[case testAssignEmptyPy36]
+# flags: --python-version 3.6
+() = []
+
+[case testAssignEmptyPy27]
+# flags: --python-version 2.7
+() = [] # E: can't assign to ()
+
+[case testAssignEmptyBogus]
+() = 1 # E: 'Literal[1]?' object is not iterable
+[builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
diff --git a/test-data/unit/semanal-errors.test b/test-data/unit/semanal-errors.test
index e093f3fd1a0a..7933341b9079 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/semanal-errors.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/semanal-errors.test
@@ -377,11 +377,6 @@ main:1: error: can't assign to literal
[out]
main:1: error: can't assign to literal
-[case testInvalidLvalues5]
-() = 1
-[out]
-main:1: error: can't assign to ()
-
[case testInvalidLvalues6]
x = y = z = 1 # ok
x, (y, 1) = 1
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