diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index 187b476e6..45a21d339 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
             class="replies"
           >
             <button
-              v-if="showOtherRepliesAsButton"
+              v-if="showOtherRepliesAsButton && replies.length > 1"
               class="button-unstyled -link faint"
               :title="$tc('status.ancestor_follow', replies.length - 1, { numReplies: replies.length - 1 })"
               @click.prevent="dive"