diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp
index 004a965c28..793b4aa158 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ void WebEntityRenderer::doRenderUpdateSynchronousTyped(const ScenePointer& scene
 
 
     withWriteLock([&] {
+        if (_contentType == ContentType::NoContent) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // This work must be done on the main thread
         // If we couldn't create a new web surface, exit
         if (!hasWebSurface() && !buildWebSurface(entity)) {
@@ -311,13 +315,7 @@ bool WebEntityRenderer::buildWebSurface(const TypedEntityPointer& entity) {
         });
     } else if (_contentType == ContentType::QmlContent) {
         _webSurface->load(_lastSourceUrl);
-    } else if (_contentType == ContentType::NoContent) {
-        // Show empty white panel
-        _webSurface->load("controls/WebEntityView.qml", [this](QQmlContext* context, QObject* item) {
-            item->setProperty(URL_PROPERTY, "");
-        });
     }
-
     _fadeStartTime = usecTimestampNow();
     _webSurface->resume();