diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-notifications.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-notifications.js.es6
index e39d9a67c57..b61c7d45f6f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-notifications.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-notifications.js.es6
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ export default Ember.ArrayController.extend({
     this.set("controllers.application.showFooter", !this.get("model.canLoadMore"));
   }.observes("model.canLoadMore"),
 
-  showDismissButton: Ember.computed.gt('user.total_unread_notifications', 0),
-
   currentPath: Em.computed.alias('controllers.application.currentPath'),
 
   actions: {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/notifications-index.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/notifications-index.hbs
index 5d2e184b819..0ea5830ad6e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/notifications-index.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/notifications-index.hbs
@@ -8,20 +8,16 @@
   </div>
 {{/if}}
 
-{{#if showDismissButton}}
-  <div class='notification-buttons'>
-    <button title="{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications_tooltip'}}" id='dismiss-notifications-top' class='btn notifications-read' {{action "resetNew"}}>{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications'}}</button>
-  </div>
-{{/if}}
+<div class='notification-buttons'>
+  <button title="{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications_tooltip'}}" id='dismiss-notifications-top' class='btn notifications-read' {{action "resetNew"}}>{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications'}}</button>
+</div>
 
 {{user-notifications-large notifications=model}}
 
 {{#conditional-loading-spinner condition=loading}}
   {{#unless model.canLoadMore}}
-    {{#if showDismissButton}}
-      <div class='notification-buttons'>
-        <button title="{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications_tooltip'}}" id='dismiss-notifications' class='btn notifications-read' {{action "resetNew"}}>{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications'}}</button>
-      </div>
-    {{/if}}
+    <div class='notification-buttons'>
+      <button title="{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications_tooltip'}}" id='dismiss-notifications' class='btn notifications-read' {{action "resetNew"}}>{{i18n 'user.dismiss_notifications'}}</button>
+    </div>
   {{/unless}}
 {{/conditional-loading-spinner}}