diff --git a/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default.xml b/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default.xml
index 6e2261a20283b..831effc6a6342 100644
--- a/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default.xml
+++ b/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 				label="JGLOBAL_FILTER_FIELD_LABEL"
 			>
 				<option value="">JGLOBAL_USE_GLOBAL</option>
-				<option value="hide">JHIDE</option>
+				<option value="0">JHIDE</option>
 				<option value="1">JSHOW</option>
 			</field>
 
diff --git a/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default_items.php b/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default_items.php
index 90d0c7c398810..12f78a1deba45 100644
--- a/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default_items.php
+++ b/components/com_contact/views/category/tmpl/default_items.php
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 <?php else : ?>
 
 	<form action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(JUri::getInstance()->toString()); ?>" method="post" name="adminForm" id="adminForm">
-	<?php if ((($this->params->get('filter_field') != 'hide') || ($this->params->get('filter_field') != '0')) || $this->params->get('show_pagination_limit')) :?>
+	<?php if ($this->params->get('filter_field') || $this->params->get('show_pagination_limit')) :?>
 	<fieldset class="filters btn-toolbar">
-		<?php if (($this->params->get('filter_field') != 'hide') || ($this->params->get('filter_field') != '0')) :?>
+		<?php if ($this->params->get('filter_field')) :?>
 			<div class="btn-group">
 				<label class="filter-search-lbl element-invisible" for="filter-search"><span class="label label-warning"><?php echo JText::_('JUNPUBLISHED'); ?></span><?php echo JText::_('COM_CONTACT_FILTER_LABEL') . '&#160;'; ?></label>
 				<input type="text" name="filter-search" id="filter-search" value="<?php echo $this->escape($this->state->get('list.filter')); ?>" class="inputbox" onchange="document.adminForm.submit();" title="<?php echo JText::_('COM_CONTACT_FILTER_SEARCH_DESC'); ?>" placeholder="<?php echo JText::_('COM_CONTACT_FILTER_SEARCH_DESC'); ?>" />