diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/tool/tool-form-base.js b/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/tool/tool-form-base.js
index b98d5f1929b..ba499e4d9b9 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/tool/tool-form-base.js
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/tool/tool-form-base.js
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export default FormBase.extend({
                 }
             }).$mount(vm);
         }
-	if (options.xrefs) {
+	if (options.xrefs && options.xrefs.length) {
             var xrefInstance = Vue.extend(xrefs);
             vm = document.createElement("div");
             $el.append(vm);