diff --git a/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs b/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs
index f65a05a1e5fb7abc967c7290f15fe90a6a8600d6..50a14aec1643b43bbab6e772c7c54279e71fe516 100644
--- a/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs
+++ b/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ impl Sidebar {
 
         if to_remove.len() == workspaces.len() {
             multi_workspace.update(cx, |multi_workspace, cx| {
-                multi_workspace.create_empty_workspace(window, cx).detach();
+                multi_workspace.create_empty_workspace(window, cx);
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/multi_workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/multi_workspace.rs
index b3328c66654dd6e88e9f2ecd6c19b544de65e255..acc554fdd02ec08c39fc12b434f7b19d60e166b9 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/multi_workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/multi_workspace.rs
@@ -741,11 +741,7 @@ impl MultiWorkspace {
         workspace
     }
 
-    pub fn create_empty_workspace(
-        &mut self,
-        window: &mut Window,
-        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
-    ) -> Task<()> {
+    pub fn create_empty_workspace(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         let app_state = self.workspace().read(cx).app_state().clone();
         let project = Project::local(
             app_state.client.clone(),
@@ -758,9 +754,19 @@ impl MultiWorkspace {
             cx,
         );
         let new_workspace = cx.new(|cx| Workspace::new(None, project, app_state, window, cx));
-        self.activate(new_workspace.clone(), window, cx);
+        self.activate(new_workspace, window, cx);
+    }
 
-        let weak_workspace = new_workspace.downgrade();
+    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-support"))]
+    pub fn create_test_workspace(
+        &mut self,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) -> Task<()> {
+        self.create_empty_workspace(window, cx);
+
+        let workspace = self.workspace().clone();
+        let weak_workspace = workspace.downgrade();
         let db = crate::persistence::WorkspaceDb::global(cx);
         cx.spawn_in(window, async move |this, cx| {
             let workspace_id = db.next_id().await.unwrap();
@@ -785,15 +791,6 @@ impl MultiWorkspace {
         })
     }
 
-    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-support"))]
-    pub fn create_test_workspace(
-        &mut self,
-        window: &mut Window,
-        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
-    ) -> Task<()> {
-        self.create_empty_workspace(window, cx)
-    }
-
     pub fn remove(
         &mut self,
         workspace: &Entity<Workspace>,
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
index d5e8383c4bed4f6d762f0062dc72f5f09991b9b8..d4b1cebca6b6b71b9efd3394f639a5cb32384682 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
@@ -6290,6 +6290,7 @@ impl Workspace {
         self.database_id
     }
 
+    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-support"))]
     pub(crate) fn set_database_id(&mut self, id: WorkspaceId) {
         self.database_id = Some(id);
     }