diff --git a/src/FilterEditor/_EditFilter.py b/src/FilterEditor/_EditFilter.py
index 2cf8bda07..a3b5af92f 100644
--- a/src/FilterEditor/_EditFilter.py
+++ b/src/FilterEditor/_EditFilter.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class EditFilter(ManagedWindow.ManagedWindow):
                 pass
 
     def update_rule(self, old_rule, new_rule):
-        if old_rule:
+        if old_rule is not None:
             self.filter.delete_rule(old_rule)
         self.filter.add_rule(new_rule)
         self.draw_rules()
diff --git a/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py b/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py
index 3126db50e..d08f20bdb 100644
--- a/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py
+++ b/src/FilterEditor/_EditRule.py
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ class EditRule(ManagedWindow.ManagedWindow):
         # If editing a rule, get the name so that we can select it later
         #
         sel_node = None
-        if self.active_rule:
+        if self.active_rule is not None:
             self.sel_class = self.active_rule.__class__
         else:
             self.sel_class = None
diff --git a/src/Filters/Rules/_Rule.py b/src/Filters/Rules/_Rule.py
index 34aee9c99..3e79e6b5a 100644
--- a/src/Filters/Rules/_Rule.py
+++ b/src/Filters/Rules/_Rule.py
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ class Rule(object):
     def apply(self, db, person):
         return True
 
-    __nonzero__ = apply
-        
     def display_values(self):
         v = ( '%s="%s"' % ((_(self.labels[ix]),)*2)
               for ix in xrange(len(self.list)) if self.list[ix] )