diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/ChannelBackups.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/ChannelBackups.qml
index ab090e210..491976d9f 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/ChannelBackups.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/ChannelBackups.qml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import QtQuick 2.6
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.3
 import QtQuick.Controls.Material 2.0
-import QtQml.Models 2.2
 
 import org.electrum 1.0
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ Pane {
                     ScrollIndicator.vertical: ScrollIndicator { }
 
                     Label {
-                        visible: Daemon.currentWallet.channelModel.count == 0
+                        visible: listview.model.count == 0
                         anchors.centerIn: parent
                         width: listview.width * 4/5
                         font.pixelSize: constants.fontSizeXXLarge
@@ -99,20 +98,6 @@ Pane {
         }
     }
 
-    Component {
-        id: swapDialog
-        SwapDialog {
-            onClosed: destroy()
-        }
-    }
-
-    Component {
-        id: openChannelDialog
-        OpenChannelDialog {
-            onClosed: destroy()
-        }
-    }
-
     Component {
         id: importChannelBackupDialog
         ImportChannelBackupDialog {
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml
index 810a36142..c05c14c8b 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Pane {
                     ScrollIndicator.vertical: ScrollIndicator { }
 
                     Label {
-                        visible: Daemon.currentWallet.channelModel.count == 0
+                        visible: listview.model.count == 0
                         anchors.centerIn: parent
                         width: listview.width * 4/5
                         font.pixelSize: constants.fontSizeXXLarge
@@ -135,14 +135,6 @@ Pane {
 
     }
 
-    Connections {
-        target: Daemon.currentWallet
-        function onImportChannelBackupFailed(message) {
-            var dialog = app.messageDialog.createObject(root, { text: message })
-            dialog.open()
-        }
-    }
-
     Component {
         id: swapDialog
         SwapDialog {
@@ -157,11 +149,4 @@ Pane {
         }
     }
 
-    Component {
-        id: importChannelBackupDialog
-        ImportChannelBackupDialog {
-            onClosed: destroy()
-        }
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qemodelfilter.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qemodelfilter.py
index dc7a0a36b..f024bea4a 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qemodelfilter.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qemodelfilter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QSortFilterProxyModel
+from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, pyqtProperty, QSortFilterProxyModel, QModelIndex
 
 from electrum.logging import get_logger
 
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ class QEFilterProxyModel(QSortFilterProxyModel):
         super().__init__(parent)
         self.setSourceModel(parent_model)
 
+    countChanged = pyqtSignal()
+    @pyqtProperty(int, notify=countChanged)
+    def count(self):
+        return self.rowCount(QModelIndex())
+
     def isCustomFilter(self):
         return self._filter_value is not None
 
@@ -23,5 +28,4 @@ class QEFilterProxyModel(QSortFilterProxyModel):
 
         parent_model = self.sourceModel()
         d = parent_model.data(parent_model.index(s_row, 0, s_parent), self.filterRole())
-        # self._logger.debug(f'DATA in FilterProxy is {repr(d)}')
         return True if self._filter_value is None else d == self._filter_value