diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/components/display-emitter.vue b/packages/x-components/src/components/display-emitter.vue
index ee55f2881c..720c9a0506 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/components/display-emitter.vue
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/components/display-emitter.vue
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
        * because Vue2 only allows a single root node. Then, `getCurrentInstance()?.proxy?.$el` to
        * retrieve the HTML element in both versions.
        */
-      return () => slots.default?.()[0] ?? h();
+      return () => slots.default?.()[0] ?? '';
     }
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/components/result/result-variants-provider.vue b/packages/x-components/src/components/result/result-variants-provider.vue
index a3d705e685..52f602e9df 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/components/result/result-variants-provider.vue
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/components/result/result-variants-provider.vue
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         { immediate: true }
       );
 
-      return () => slots.default?.({ result: resultToProvide.value })[0] ?? h();
+      return () => slots.default?.({ result: resultToProvide.value })[0] ?? '';
     }
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/composables/use-no-element-render.ts b/packages/x-components/src/composables/use-no-element-render.ts
index 7c85e18e86..78a1f4ea5b 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/composables/use-no-element-render.ts
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/composables/use-no-element-render.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { h, SetupContext, VNode } from 'vue';
  */
 export function useNoElementRender(
   slots: { [key: string]: VNode[] | undefined } | SetupContext['slots']
-): VNode | VNode[] {
+): VNode | VNode[] | string {
   const defaultSlotContent = typeof slots.default === 'function' ? slots.default() : slots.default;
 
-  return defaultSlotContent ?? h();
+  return defaultSlotContent ?? '';
 }
diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/views/home/display-result-provider.vue b/packages/x-components/src/views/home/display-result-provider.vue
index 4df6d9e39c..5cd960b15a 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/views/home/display-result-provider.vue
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/views/home/display-result-provider.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         }
       });
 
-      return () => slots.default?.()[0] ?? h();
+      return () => slots.default?.()[0] ?? '';
     }
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/extra-params/components/renderless-extra-param.vue b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/extra-params/components/renderless-extra-param.vue
index a680dff9e0..52454c4641 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/extra-params/components/renderless-extra-param.vue
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/extra-params/components/renderless-extra-param.vue
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         xBus.emit('UserChangedExtraParams', { [props.name]: newValue });
       }
 
-      return () => slots.default?.({ value, updateValue })[0] ?? h();
+      return () => slots.default?.({ value, updateValue })[0] ?? '';
     }
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/exclude-filters-with-no-results.vue b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/exclude-filters-with-no-results.vue
index eba758f822..ce1f68ca5e 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/exclude-filters-with-no-results.vue
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/exclude-filters-with-no-results.vue
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       );
       provide('filters', filtersWithResults);
 
-      return () => slots.default?.({ filters: filtersWithResults.value }) ?? h();
+      return () => slots.default?.({ filters: filtersWithResults.value }) ?? '';
     }
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/sorted-filters.vue b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/sorted-filters.vue
index b69b707569..78fa8603c1 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/sorted-filters.vue
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/facets/components/lists/sorted-filters.vue
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       });
       provide('filters', sortedFilters);
 
-      return () => slots.default?.({ filters: sortedFilters.value }) ?? h();
+      return () => slots.default?.({ filters: sortedFilters.value }) ?? '';
     }
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/scroll/components/main-scroll.vue b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/scroll/components/main-scroll.vue
index 07151b1935..745ec33f5a 100644
--- a/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/scroll/components/main-scroll.vue
+++ b/packages/x-components/src/x-modules/scroll/components/main-scroll.vue
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
        * because Vue2 only allows a single root node. Then, `getCurrentInstance()?.proxy?.$el` to
        * retrieve the HTML element in both versions.
        */
-      return () => slots.default?.()[0] ?? h();
+      return () => slots.default?.()[0] ?? '';
     }
   });
 </script>