diff --git a/app/src/api/dataAccess/__mocks__/editHistory.ts b/app/src/api/dataAccess/__mocks__/editHistory.ts
index 7c2320b7..735e71c1 100644
--- a/app/src/api/dataAccess/__mocks__/editHistory.ts
+++ b/app/src/api/dataAccess/__mocks__/editHistory.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mockEditHistory.__setHistory = function(mockHistoryData: EditHistoryEntry[]) {
 };
 
 function hasDeletions(json) {
-    return Object.values(json).some(x => x === null || (Array.isArray(x) && x.length === 0))
+    return Object.values(json).some(x => x === null);
 }
 
 mockEditHistory.getHistoryAfterId = function(id: string, count: number, filterDeletions: boolean): Promise<EditHistoryEntry[]> {
diff --git a/app/src/api/dataAccess/editHistory.ts b/app/src/api/dataAccess/editHistory.ts
index 215c3bb4..eba1cfa1 100644
--- a/app/src/api/dataAccess/editHistory.ts
+++ b/app/src/api/dataAccess/editHistory.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const baseQuery = `
         JOIN users ON logs.user_id = users.user_id`;
 
 const deletionCondition = `
-    EXISTS (SELECT * from jsonb_each(forward_patch) WHERE value IN ('null', '[]'))
+    EXISTS (SELECT * from jsonb_each(forward_patch) WHERE value = 'null' )
 `;
 
 export function getHistoryAfterId(id: string, count: number, filterDeletions: boolean = false): Promise<EditHistoryEntry[]> {