From a028e70c834f72e84077593e4a5aa257c6a41afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeno Kapitein <zeno@gitbook.io>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 19:58:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Hide sections if only one is present

---
 .changeset/afraid-cougars-happen.md               | 5 +++++
 packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/afraid-cougars-happen.md

diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-cougars-happen.md b/.changeset/afraid-cougars-happen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d7e210255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-cougars-happen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook": patch
+---
+
+Hide sections if only one is present
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
index 257a00792a..7b9bfbf6e9 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ export function Header(props: {
                 </div>
             </div>
 
-            {sections ? (
+            {sections &&
+            (sections.list.length > 1 || // Show section tabs if there are at least 2 sections or at least 1 section group
+                sections.list.some((s) => s.object === 'site-section-group')) ? (
                 <div className="transition-[padding] duration-300 lg:chat-open:pr-80 xl:chat-open:pr-96">
                     <SiteSectionTabs sections={encodeClientSiteSections(context, sections)}>
                         {withVariants === 'translations' ? (