diff --git a/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml b/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml
index 288a4eb718f..e00b7d8d26b 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml
+++ b/addons/website_slides/views/website_slides_templates_course.xml
@@ -336,8 +336,7 @@
                                 <i class="fa fa-bars"/>
                             </div>
                             <span t-if="category_id" t-att-class="'text-muted' if not channel.can_upload else ''" t-esc="category['name']"/>
-                            <em t-elif="channel.can_publish" class="text-muted mb-1">Uncategorized</em>
-                            <small t-if="not category['total_slides']" class="ml-1 text-muted"><b>(empty)</b></small>
+                            <small t-if="not category['total_slides'] and category_id" class="ml-1 text-muted"><b>(empty)</b></small>
                         </div>
                         <div t-if="category_id" class="o_text_link d-flex border-left">
                             <a  t-if="channel.can_upload"