diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/Layout/Navigation/RecentList.tsx b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/Layout/Navigation/RecentList.tsx
index 3715e09d6c..04d119f39b 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/Layout/Navigation/RecentList.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/Layout/Navigation/RecentList.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
  */
 
-import { NavGroup, NavList } from '@patternfly/react-core';
+import { NavGroup } from '@patternfly/react-core';
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { NavigationRecentItem } from '@/Layout/Navigation/RecentItem';
@@ -51,11 +51,9 @@ function NavigationRecentList(props: {
     );
   });
   return (
-    <NavList>
-      <NavGroup title="RECENT WORKSPACES" style={{ marginTop: '25px' }}>
-        {recentWorkspaceItems}
-      </NavGroup>
-    </NavList>
+    <NavGroup title="RECENT WORKSPACES" style={{ marginTop: '25px' }}>
+      {recentWorkspaceItems}
+    </NavGroup>
   );
 }
 NavigationRecentList.displayName = 'NavigationRecentListComponent';
diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/components/AppAlertGroup/index.tsx b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/components/AppAlertGroup/index.tsx
index d2aacbdaf7..4ec27940c3 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/components/AppAlertGroup/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/components/AppAlertGroup/index.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ class AppAlertGroup extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   }
 
   public render(): React.ReactElement {
-    return <AlertGroup isToast>{this.state.alerts.map(alert => this.getAlert(alert))}</AlertGroup>;
+    const { alerts } = this.state;
+    if (alerts.length === 0) {
+      return <></>;
+    }
+    return <AlertGroup isToast>{alerts.map(alert => this.getAlert(alert))}</AlertGroup>;
   }
 }