diff --git a/core/modules/overlay/overlay.module b/core/modules/overlay/overlay.module
index 197d006..446d56c 100644
--- a/core/modules/overlay/overlay.module
+++ b/core/modules/overlay/overlay.module
@@ -572,51 +572,17 @@ function overlay_preprocess_page(&$variables) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Stores and returns whether an empty page override is needed.
- *
- * This is used to prevent a page request which closes the overlay (for
- * example, a form submission) from being fully re-rendered before the overlay
- * is closed. Instead, we store a variable which will cause the page to be
- * rendered by a delivery callback function that does not actually print
- * visible HTML (but rather only the bare minimum scripts and styles necessary
- * to trigger the overlay to close), thereby allowing the dialog to be closed
- * faster and with less interruption, and also allowing the display of messages
- * to be deferred to the parent window (rather than displaying them in the
- * child window, which will close before the user has had a chance to read
- * them).
- *
- * @param $value
- *   By default, an empty page will not be displayed. Set to TRUE to request
- *   an empty page display, or FALSE to disable the empty page display (if it
- *   was previously enabled on this page request).
- *
- * @return
- *   TRUE if the current behavior is to display an empty page, or FALSE if not.
- *
- * @see overlay_page_delivery_callback_alter()
- */
-function overlay_display_empty_page($value = NULL) {
-  $display_empty_page = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, FALSE);
-  if (isset($value)) {
-    $display_empty_page = $value;
-  }
-  return $display_empty_page;
-}
-
-/**
- * Implements hook_page_delivery_callback_alter().
- */
-function overlay_page_delivery_callback_alter(&$callback) {
-  if (overlay_display_empty_page()) {
-    $callback = 'overlay_deliver_empty_page';
-  }
-}
-
-/**
  * Prints an empty page.
  *
  * This function is used to print out a bare minimum empty page which still has
  * the scripts and styles necessary in order to trigger the overlay to close.
+ *
+ * It can be used to prevent a page request which closes the overlay (for
+ * example, a form submission) from being fully re-rendered before the overlay
+ * is closed, thereby allowing the dialog to be closed faster and with less
+ * interruption, and also allowing the display of messages to be deferred to
+ * the parent window (rather than displaying them in the child window, which
+ * will close before the user has had a chance to read them).
  */
 function overlay_deliver_empty_page() {
   $empty_page = '<html><head><title></title>' . drupal_get_css() . drupal_get_js() . '</head><body class="overlay"></body></html>';
@@ -749,7 +715,7 @@ function overlay_overlay_child_initialize() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Requests that the overlay closes when the page is displayed.
+ * Immediately returns HTML to to the browser and closes the overlay.
  *
  * @param $redirect
  *   (optional) The path that should open in the parent window after the
@@ -759,6 +725,9 @@ function overlay_overlay_child_initialize() {
  * @param $redirect_options
  *   (optional) An associative array of options to use when generating the
  *   redirect URL.
+ *
+ * @todo This function should only request that the overlay close when the page
+ *   is displayed (as it did in Drupal 7), not immediately end the request.
  */
 function overlay_close_dialog($redirect = NULL, $redirect_options = array()) {
   $settings = array(
@@ -776,7 +745,7 @@ function overlay_close_dialog($redirect = NULL, $redirect_options = array()) {
 
   // Since we are closing the overlay as soon as the page is displayed, we do
   // not want to show any of the page's actual content.
-  overlay_display_empty_page(TRUE);
+  overlay_deliver_empty_page();
 }
 
 /**
