diff --git a/src/api/app/views/webui/request/show.html.erb b/src/api/app/views/webui/request/show.html.erb
index b1e7b9349d0..2a4345480e9 100644
--- a/src/api/app/views/webui/request/show.html.erb
+++ b/src/api/app/views/webui/request/show.html.erb
@@ -211,12 +211,16 @@
   <div class="grid_10 alpha">
     <% if @superseding %>
       <% @superseding.each do |supersed| %>
-        <div class="grid_10 box box-shadow alpha omega">
-          <h2 class="box-header"><a class="supersed_comments_link">Show outdated comments</a>for superseded <%= link_to "request #{supersed.number}", number: supersed.number %></h2>
-          <div class="superseded_comments hidden">
-            <%= render :partial => 'webui/comment/show', locals: { commentable: supersed } %>
+        <% if supersed.comments.any? %>
+          <div class="grid_10 box box-shadow alpha omega">
+            <h2 class="box-header"><a class="supersed_comments_link">
+              Show outdated comments</a>for superseded <%= link_to "request #{supersed.number}", number: supersed.number %>
+            </h2>
+            <div class="superseded_comments hidden">
+              <%= render :partial => 'webui/comment/show', locals: { commentable: supersed } %>
+            </div>
           </div>
-        </div>
+        <% end %>
       <% end %>
     <% end %>