diff --git a/aleksis/apps/kolego/frontend/components/AbsenceReasonGroupSelect.vue b/aleksis/apps/kolego/frontend/components/AbsenceReasonGroupSelect.vue
index 874a559b0faed91c1241aa6d3c74eec35a23b1c3..2a33043b02240c40ab428cc3194b8b37e4e3b893 100644
--- a/aleksis/apps/kolego/frontend/components/AbsenceReasonGroupSelect.vue
+++ b/aleksis/apps/kolego/frontend/components/AbsenceReasonGroupSelect.vue
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ export default {
      * Determines whether the chips can be shown.
      *
      * Due to the eagerness of vuetify, we can only mount the chip-group, after the selected item has been loaded.
-     * Otherwise, vuetify would set the value to the first existing one. However, if it's possible to not be
-     * absent, we can show the chip-group directly, as the present chip is hardcoded.
+     * Otherwise, vuetify would set the value to the first existing one.
      *
      * @return {boolean} Whether to mount the chip-group
      */
@@ -64,8 +63,7 @@ export default {
       return (
         (!this.$apollo.queries.absenceReasons.loading &&
           this.absenceReasons.length) ||
-        this.customAbsenceReasonsExists ||
-        (this.allowEmpty && this.value === this.emptyValue)
+        this.customAbsenceReasonsExists
       );
     },
     customAbsenceReasonsExists() {