diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/EditAndContinue/StatementEditingTests.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/EditAndContinue/StatementEditingTests.cs
index 17c798fa60422..ee4df8c5e2fa4 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/EditAndContinue/StatementEditingTests.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/EditAndContinue/StatementEditingTests.cs
@@ -7153,6 +7153,51 @@ static void Main(int X)
                 capabilities: EditAndContinueTestHelpers.Net6RuntimeCapabilities);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void LocalFunctions_Update()
+        {
+            var src1 = @"
+using System;
+
+class C
+{
+    void M()
+    {
+        N(3);
+        
+        void N(int x)
+        {
+            if (x > 3)
+            {
+                x.ToString();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                N(x - 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}";
+            var src2 = @"
+using System;
+
+class C
+{
+    void M()
+    {
+        N(3);
+        
+        void N(int x)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine(""Hello"");
+        }
+    }
+}";
+            var edits = GetTopEdits(src1, src2);
+
+            edits.VerifySemantics(SemanticEdit(SemanticEditKind.Update, c => c.GetMember("C.M"), preserveLocalVariables: true));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void LocalFunction_In_Parameter_InsertWhole()
         {
@@ -7727,7 +7772,6 @@ public void LocalFunctions_TypeParameter_Reorder()
                 "Reorder [B]@11 -> @9");
 
             GetTopEdits(edits).VerifyRudeDiagnostics(
-                Diagnostic(RudeEditKind.Move, "B", FeaturesResources.type_parameter),
                 Diagnostic(RudeEditKind.ChangingTypeParameters, "L", FeaturesResources.local_function));
         }
 
@@ -7743,7 +7787,6 @@ public void LocalFunctions_TypeParameter_ReorderAndUpdate()
                 "Update [A]@9 -> [C]@11");
 
             GetTopEdits(edits).VerifyRudeDiagnostics(
-                Diagnostic(RudeEditKind.Move, "B", FeaturesResources.type_parameter),
                 Diagnostic(RudeEditKind.ChangingTypeParameters, "L", FeaturesResources.local_function));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/EditAndContinue/CSharpEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs b/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/EditAndContinue/CSharpEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs
index f07455ff5b6cf..b1a2d53a52b0d 100644
--- a/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/EditAndContinue/CSharpEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/EditAndContinue/CSharpEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs
@@ -728,22 +728,6 @@ newNode is MethodDeclarationSyntax &&
             }
         }
 
-        protected override void ReportLocalFunctionsDeclarationRudeEdits(ArrayBuilder<RudeEditDiagnostic> diagnostics, Match<SyntaxNode> bodyMatch)
-        {
-            var bodyEditsForLambda = bodyMatch.GetTreeEdits();
-            var editMap = BuildEditMap(bodyEditsForLambda);
-            foreach (var edit in bodyEditsForLambda.Edits)
-            {
-                if (HasParentEdit(editMap, edit))
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                var classifier = new EditClassifier(this, diagnostics, edit.OldNode, edit.NewNode, edit.Kind, bodyMatch);
-                classifier.ClassifyEdit();
-            }
-        }
-
         protected override bool TryMatchActiveStatement(
             SyntaxNode oldStatement,
             int statementPart,
diff --git a/src/Features/Core/Portable/EditAndContinue/AbstractEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs b/src/Features/Core/Portable/EditAndContinue/AbstractEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs
index 320b1ef6b48f1..4bec59130d607 100644
--- a/src/Features/Core/Portable/EditAndContinue/AbstractEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/Features/Core/Portable/EditAndContinue/AbstractEditAndContinueAnalyzer.cs
@@ -398,8 +398,6 @@ protected virtual string GetSuspensionPointDisplayName(SyntaxNode node, EditKind
         protected abstract void GetStateMachineInfo(SyntaxNode body, out ImmutableArray<SyntaxNode> suspensionPoints, out StateMachineKinds kinds);
         protected abstract TextSpan GetExceptionHandlingRegion(SyntaxNode node, out bool coversAllChildren);
 
-        protected abstract void ReportLocalFunctionsDeclarationRudeEdits(ArrayBuilder<RudeEditDiagnostic> diagnostics, Match<SyntaxNode> bodyMatch);
-
         internal abstract void ReportTopLevelSyntacticRudeEdits(ArrayBuilder<RudeEditDiagnostic> diagnostics, Match<SyntaxNode> match, Edit<SyntaxNode> edit, Dictionary<SyntaxNode, EditKind> editMap);
         internal abstract void ReportEnclosingExceptionHandlingRudeEdits(ArrayBuilder<RudeEditDiagnostic> diagnostics, IEnumerable<Edit<SyntaxNode>> exceptionHandlingEdits, SyntaxNode oldStatement, TextSpan newStatementSpan);
         internal abstract void ReportOtherRudeEditsAroundActiveStatement(ArrayBuilder<RudeEditDiagnostic> diagnostics, Match<SyntaxNode> match, SyntaxNode oldStatement, SyntaxNode newStatement, bool isNonLeaf);
@@ -1430,7 +1428,7 @@ private Match<SyntaxNode> ComputeBodyMatch(
 
             if (IsLocalFunction(match.OldRoot) && IsLocalFunction(match.NewRoot))
             {
-                ReportLocalFunctionsDeclarationRudeEdits(diagnostics, match);
+                ReportMemberBodyUpdateRudeEdits(diagnostics, match.NewRoot, match.NewRoot.Span);
             }
 
             if (lazyRudeEdits != null)
diff --git a/src/Features/VisualBasic/Portable/EditAndContinue/VisualBasicEditAndContinueAnalyzer.vb b/src/Features/VisualBasic/Portable/EditAndContinue/VisualBasicEditAndContinueAnalyzer.vb
index 4ed7bcf90254a..465a500547dc6 100644
--- a/src/Features/VisualBasic/Portable/EditAndContinue/VisualBasicEditAndContinueAnalyzer.vb
+++ b/src/Features/VisualBasic/Portable/EditAndContinue/VisualBasicEditAndContinueAnalyzer.vb
@@ -1415,10 +1415,6 @@ Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.EditAndContinue
                     Return True
             End Select
         End Function
-
-        Protected Overrides Sub ReportLocalFunctionsDeclarationRudeEdits(diagnostics As ArrayBuilder(Of RudeEditDiagnostic), bodyMatch As Match(Of SyntaxNode))
-            ' VB has no local functions so we don't have anything to report
-        End Sub
 #End Region
 
 #Region "Diagnostic Info"