diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/message/message-content/quote/QuoteAuthor.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/message/message-content/quote/QuoteAuthor.tsx
index cc325b0ce..a7fc4690a 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/message/message-content/quote/QuoteAuthor.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/message/message-content/quote/QuoteAuthor.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const QuoteAuthor = (props: QuoteAuthorProps) => {
   const isPublic = useSelector(isPublicGroupConversation);
   const authorName = useQuoteAuthorName(author);
 
-  if (!author || author === '' || !authorName) {
+  if (!author || !authorName) {
     return null;
   }