diff --git a/navigator.cpp b/navigator.cpp
--- a/navigator.cpp
+++ b/navigator.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 void Navigator::insertScrollKeeperDocs( NavigatorItem *topItem )
 {
   ScrollKeeperTreeBuilder *builder = new ScrollKeeperTreeBuilder( this );
-  builder->build( topItem );
+  builder->buildOrHide( topItem );
 }
 
 void Navigator::selectItem( const QUrl &url )
diff --git a/scrollkeepertreebuilder.h b/scrollkeepertreebuilder.h
--- a/scrollkeepertreebuilder.h
+++ b/scrollkeepertreebuilder.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
     void build( NavigatorItem *parent );
 
+    void buildOrHide( NavigatorItem *parent );
+
   private:
     void loadConfig();
     int insertSection( NavigatorItem *parent,
diff --git a/scrollkeepertreebuilder.cpp b/scrollkeepertreebuilder.cpp
--- a/scrollkeepertreebuilder.cpp
+++ b/scrollkeepertreebuilder.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
   mShowEmptyDirs = Prefs::showEmptyDirs();
 }
 
+void ScrollKeeperTreeBuilder::buildOrHide( NavigatorItem *parent )
+{
+  build(parent);
+
+  parent->setHidden(parent->childCount() == 0);
+}
+
 void ScrollKeeperTreeBuilder::build( NavigatorItem *parent )
 {
   QString lang = QLocale().bcp47Name();