diff --git a/app/common/lib/menuUtil.js b/app/common/lib/menuUtil.js
index 8409b89f74b..103ddc9ce9e 100644
--- a/app/common/lib/menuUtil.js
+++ b/app/common/lib/menuUtil.js
@@ -161,13 +161,7 @@ const isItemValid = (currentItem, previousItem) => {
  * - entries which don't have a label or type
  */
 module.exports.sanitizeTemplateItems = (template) => {
-  const reduced = template.reduce((previousValue, currentValue, currentIndex, array) => {
-    const result = currentIndex === 1 ? [] : previousValue
-    if (currentIndex === 1) {
-      if (isItemValid(previousValue)) {
-        result.push(previousValue)
-      }
-    }
+  const reduced = template.reduce((result, currentValue, currentIndex, array) => {
     const previousItem = result.length > 0
       ? result[result.length - 1]
       : undefined
@@ -175,7 +169,7 @@ module.exports.sanitizeTemplateItems = (template) => {
       result.push(currentValue)
     }
     return result
-  })
+  }, [])
 
   const result = Array.isArray(reduced)
     ? reduced
diff --git a/test/unit/app/common/lib/menuUtilTest.js b/test/unit/app/common/lib/menuUtilTest.js
index b3d61a28016..128457c7547 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/common/lib/menuUtilTest.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/common/lib/menuUtilTest.js
@@ -285,5 +285,11 @@ describe('menuUtil tests', function () {
       const expectedResult = []
       assert.deepEqual(result, expectedResult)
     })
+    it('supports empty arrays', function () {
+      const template = []
+      const result = menuUtil.sanitizeTemplateItems(template)
+      const expectedResult = []
+      assert.deepEqual(result, expectedResult)
+    })
   })
 })