diff --git a/app/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component.rb b/app/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component.rb
index 70529ff3f..5263d1e60 100644
--- a/app/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component.rb
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ def button_component
       end
 
       def render?
-        # debugger
-        body.present?
+        body.to_s.present?
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component_spec.rb
index 06e7525c1..217645bbf 100644
--- a/spec/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/blacklight/response/facet_group_component_spec.rb
@@ -34,4 +34,20 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context "when no facets within the group render" do
+    let(:instance) do
+      described_class.new(id: 'foo', title: 'bar').tap do |component|
+        component.with_body { ViewComponent::Slot.new("\n") }
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "does not render" do
+      expect(instance.render?).to eq false
+
+      within '.facets' do
+        expect(page).not_to have_css 'div.facets-collapse.d-lg-block.collapse.accordion'
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end