diff --git a/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx b/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx
index 96a162917181..4580328c16b0 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx
@@ -1584,13 +1584,15 @@ void SwDoc::CalculatePagePairsForProspectPrinting(
     rValidPagesSet.clear();
     rValidStartFrms.clear();
 
-    rtl::OUString aPageRange = rOptions.getStringValue( "PageRange", rtl::OUString() );
+    rtl::OUString aPageRange;
     // PageContent :
     // 0 -> print all pages (default if aPageRange is empty)
     // 1 -> print range according to PageRange
     // 2 -> print selection
     const sal_Int32 nContent = rOptions.getIntValue( "PrintContent", 0 );
-    if (0 == nContent)
+    if (nContent == 1)
+        aPageRange = rOptions.getStringValue( "PageRange", rtl::OUString() );
+    if (aPageRange.getLength() == 0)    // empty string -> print all
     {
         // set page range to print to 'all pages'
         aPageRange = OUString::valueOf( (sal_Int32)1 );
diff --git a/tools/inc/tools/multisel.hxx b/tools/inc/tools/multisel.hxx
index 8e4879f1c709..47f56f29716f 100644
--- a/tools/inc/tools/multisel.hxx
+++ b/tools/inc/tools/multisel.hxx
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ public:
     - the string "-" means the sequence i_nMinNumber to i_nMaxNumber
     - single number that doesn't fit in [i_nMinNumber,i_nMaxNumber] will be ignored
     - range that doesn't fit in [i_nMinNumber,i_nMaxNumber] will be adjusted
-    - an empty string as input is valid and will result in the range [min,max] if given
-      or an empty vector, if not
     */
     static bool getRangesFromString( const rtl::OUString& i_rPageRange,
                                      std::vector< sal_Int32 >& o_rPageVector,
diff --git a/tools/source/memtools/multisel.cxx b/tools/source/memtools/multisel.cxx
index 13275a863673..68a9eacfa3c0 100644
--- a/tools/source/memtools/multisel.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/memtools/multisel.cxx
@@ -831,16 +831,6 @@ bool StringRangeEnumerator::setRange( const rtl::OUString& i_rNewRange, bool i_b
     mnCount = 0;
     maSequence.clear();
 
-    // we love special cases
-    if( i_rNewRange.getLength() == 0 )
-    {
-        if( mnMin >= 0 && mnMax >= 0 )
-        {
-            insertRange( mnMin, mnMax, mnMin != mnMax, ! i_bStrict );
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
     const sal_Unicode* pInput = i_rNewRange.getStr();
     rtl::OUStringBuffer aNumberBuf( 16 );
     std::vector< sal_Int32 > aNumbers;