diff --git a/src/components/conditional.js b/src/components/conditional.js
index d6993b3d7..e384842c1 100644
--- a/src/components/conditional.js
+++ b/src/components/conditional.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     return (
       <div
         className={includeStyling(
-          children.length === 0 ? classes.empty : undefined,
+          children.length === 0 && isDev ? classes.empty : undefined,
         )}
         data-component={useText(dataComponentAttribute) || 'Conditional'}
       >