diff --git a/administrator/components/com_modules/views/module/tmpl/edit.php b/administrator/components/com_modules/views/module/tmpl/edit.php
index 0ff0ab8125f75..6340491e7b2a3 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_modules/views/module/tmpl/edit.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_modules/views/module/tmpl/edit.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 JHtml::_('formbehavior.chosen', '.multipleAuthorAliases', null, array('placeholder_text_multiple' => JText::_('JOPTION_SELECT_AUTHOR_ALIAS')));
 JHtml::_('formbehavior.chosen', 'select');
 
-$hasContent = empty($this->item->module) ||  isset($this->item->xml->customContent);
+$hasContent = isset($this->item->xml->customContent);
 $hasContentFieldName = 'content';
 
 // For a later improvement
diff --git a/components/com_config/view/modules/tmpl/default.php b/components/com_config/view/modules/tmpl/default.php
index 2dd0c26abcc3a..5d1d70eecc849 100644
--- a/components/com_config/view/modules/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/components/com_config/view/modules/tmpl/default.php
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-$hasContent = empty($this->item['module']) || $this->item['module'] === 'custom' || $this->item['module'] === 'mod_custom' || $editorText === true;
-
 // If multi-language site, make language read-only
 if (JLanguageMultilang::isEnabled())
 {
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@ class="form-validate">
 							<?php echo $this->loadTemplate('options'); ?>
 						</div>
 
-						<?php if ($hasContent) : ?>
+						<?php if ($editorText) : ?>
 							<div class="tab-pane" id="custom">
 								<?php echo $this->form->getInput('content'); ?>
 							</div>