diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml
index b79ef1e287b58d2bc364b20a31cd820c8acb72e7..da28773c74c57241b1394679e53abe03a94e5426 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ Looking for people to hang out with? Try the [secondlife:///app/worldmap World M
        		 background_visible="true"
        		 bg_alpha_color="DkGray2"
        		 bg_opaque_color="DkGray2"
+             empty_accordion_text.value=""
              follows="all"
              height="356"
              layout="topleft"