diff --git a/frontend/web/components/GithubStar.tsx b/frontend/web/components/GithubStar.tsx
index f59fe104d010..eed95c7816c5 100644
--- a/frontend/web/components/GithubStar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/web/components/GithubStar.tsx
@@ -29,20 +29,6 @@ const GithubStar: FC<GithubStarType> = ({}) => {
     return <></>
   }
 
-  if (!stars) {
-    return (
-      <a
-        style={{ width: 90 }}
-        target='_blank'
-        href='https://github.com/flagsmith/flagsmith'
-        className='btn btn-sm btn-with-icon text-body'
-        rel='noreferrer'
-      >
-        <IonIcon style={{ fontSize: 16 }} icon={logoGithub} />
-      </a>
-    )
-  }
-
   return (
     <a
       style={{ width: 90 }}
@@ -51,9 +37,15 @@ const GithubStar: FC<GithubStarType> = ({}) => {
       className='btn btn-sm btn-with-icon text-body'
       rel='noreferrer'
     >
-      <div className='d-flex flex-row justify-content-center align-items-center'>
+      <div
+        className={
+          stars
+            ? 'd-flex flex-row justify-content-center align-items-center'
+            : ''
+        }
+      >
         <IonIcon style={{ fontSize: 16 }} icon={logoGithub} />
-        <div className='ms-1'>{stars}</div>
+        {stars && <div className='ms-1'>{stars}</div>}
       </div>
     </a>
   )