diff --git a/packages/property-view/src/browser/empty-property-view-widget-provider.tsx b/packages/property-view/src/browser/empty-property-view-widget-provider.tsx
index 351162c5ea13b..15f6bdc7f5da3 100644
--- a/packages/property-view/src/browser/empty-property-view-widget-provider.tsx
+++ b/packages/property-view/src/browser/empty-property-view-widget-provider.tsx
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ class EmptyPropertyViewWidget extends ReactWidget implements PropertyViewContent
     }
 
     protected render(): React.ReactNode {
-        return <div className={'theia-widget-noInfo'}>{'No properties available.'}</div>;
+        return this.emptyComponent;
     }
 
+    protected emptyComponent: JSX.Element = <div className={'theia-widget-noInfo'}>No properties available.</div>;
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-frontend-module.ts b/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-frontend-module.ts
index 0598cd1d1cb51..5912e5d850ab4 100644
--- a/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-frontend-module.ts
+++ b/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-frontend-module.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export default new ContainerModule(bind => {
     bindContributionProvider(bind, PropertyDataService);
     bindContributionProvider(bind, PropertyViewWidgetProvider);
 
-    bind(PropertyViewWidgetProvider).to(EmptyPropertyViewWidgetProvider).inSingletonScope();
+    bind(EmptyPropertyViewWidgetProvider).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+    bind(PropertyViewWidgetProvider).to(EmptyPropertyViewWidgetProvider);
 
     bind(PropertyViewWidget).toSelf();
     bind(WidgetFactory).toDynamicValue(({ container }) => ({
diff --git a/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-service.ts b/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-service.ts
index 8282edc20601c..6097f1e39a917 100644
--- a/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-service.ts
+++ b/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-service.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export class PropertyViewService {
     @inject(ContributionProvider) @named(PropertyViewWidgetProvider)
     private readonly contributions: ContributionProvider<PropertyViewWidgetProvider>;
 
+    @inject(EmptyPropertyViewWidgetProvider)
+    private readonly emptyWidgetProvider: EmptyPropertyViewWidgetProvider;
+
     private providers: PropertyViewWidgetProvider[] = [];
 
     @postConstruct()
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ export class PropertyViewService {
      */
     async getProvider(selection: Object | undefined): Promise<PropertyViewWidgetProvider> {
         const provider = await this.prioritize(selection);
-        return provider ?? this.getEmptyProvider();
+        return provider ?? this.emptyWidgetProvider;
     }
 
     protected async prioritize(selection: Object | undefined): Promise<PropertyViewWidgetProvider | undefined> {
@@ -55,8 +58,4 @@ export class PropertyViewService {
         return prioritized.length !== 0 ? prioritized[0].value : undefined;
     }
 
-    private getEmptyProvider(): PropertyViewWidgetProvider {
-        return this.providers.find(p => p.id === EmptyPropertyViewWidgetProvider.ID) as EmptyPropertyViewWidgetProvider;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-widget.tsx b/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-widget.tsx
index af7aaf3d69f41..6f256f86a850f 100644
--- a/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-widget.tsx
+++ b/packages/property-view/src/browser/property-view-widget.tsx
@@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ export class PropertyViewWidget extends BaseWidget {
         this.addClass('theia-property-view-widget');
         this.node.tabIndex = 0;
 
+        let disposed = false;
+        this.toDispose.push(Disposable.create(() => disposed = true));
         this.toDispose.push(this.selectionService.onSelectionChanged((selection: Object | undefined) => {
             this.propertyViewService.getProvider(selection).then(provider => {
                 provider.provideWidget(selection).then(contentWidget => {
-                    this.replaceContentWidget(contentWidget);
-                    provider.updateContentWidget(selection);
+                    if (!disposed) {
+                        this.replaceContentWidget(contentWidget);
+                        provider.updateContentWidget(selection);
+                    }
                 });
             });
         }));