diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/Model/ItemModel.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/Model/ItemModel.php
index 4fcd37d0da650..63528b35dd3ca 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/Model/ItemModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/Model/ItemModel.php
@@ -591,6 +591,12 @@ public function getForm($data = array(), $loadData = true)
 		$form->setFieldAttribute('menutype', 'accesstype', $action);
 		$form->setFieldAttribute('type', 'clientid', $clientId);
 
+		// Remove show_associations field if associations is not enabled
+		if (!Associations::isEnabled())
+		{
+			$form->removeField('show_associations', 'params');
+		}
+
 		return $form;
 	}