diff --git a/invenio_app_rdm/communities_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_communities/details/browse/index.html b/invenio_app_rdm/communities_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_communities/details/browse/index.html
index 44a698c3b..9994a1b5d 100644
--- a/invenio_app_rdm/communities_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_communities/details/browse/index.html
+++ b/invenio_app_rdm/communities_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_communities/details/browse/index.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 {% set active_community_header_menu_item= 'browse' %}
 {% set subcommunities_endpoint = community["links"]["subcommunities"] %}
 {% set community_slug = community["slug"] %}
+{% set can_have_children = community["children"]["allow"] %}
 
 {%- block javascript %}
     {{ super() }}
@@ -20,15 +21,25 @@
 
 {%- block page_body %}
 {{ super() }}
-<div id='invenio-browse-config' data-api-endpoint='{{ subcommunities_endpoint }}'
-    class="ui container communities-frontpage rel-mt-3 rel-mb-2">
+<div class="ui container communities-frontpage rel-mt-3 rel-mb-2">
     <div class="flex">
         <h2 class="ui header mb-0 align-self-center">{{ _('Subcommunities') }}</h2>
-        <a class="align-self-center rel-ml-1" href="{{url_for('invenio_communities.communities_subcommunities', pid_value=community_slug)}}">
+    {% if can_have_children %}
+        <a class="align-self-center rel-ml-1"
+            href="{{url_for('invenio_communities.communities_subcommunities', pid_value=community_slug)}}">
             {{ _('See all')}}
         </a>
+    {% endif %}
     </div>
     <div class="ui divider hidden"></div>
-    <div id="subcommunities-container"></div>
+    {% if can_have_children %}
+        <div id="subcommunities-container" data-api-endpoint='{{ subcommunities_endpoint }}'></div>
+    {% else %}
+        <div class="ui icon message"><i aria-hidden="true" class="info icon"></i>
+            <div class="content">
+                <div class="header">This community has no subcommunities</div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    {% endif%}
 </div>
 {%- endblock page_body %}
diff --git a/invenio_app_rdm/theme/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_app_rdm/subcommunity/browse.js b/invenio_app_rdm/theme/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_app_rdm/subcommunity/browse.js
index 35084373a..4a43f1adc 100644
--- a/invenio_app_rdm/theme/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_app_rdm/subcommunity/browse.js
+++ b/invenio_app_rdm/theme/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_app_rdm/subcommunity/browse.js
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@
 
 import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
+import { i18next } from "@translations/invenio_app_rdm/i18next";
 import _get from "lodash/get";
 
 import { CommunitiesCardGroup } from "@js/invenio_communities/community";
 
 const subCommunitiesContainer = document.getElementById("subcommunities-container");
-const domContainer = document.getElementById("invenio-browse-config");
-const apiEndpoint = _get(domContainer.dataset, "apiEndpoint");
+const apiEndpoint = _get(subCommunitiesContainer.dataset, "apiEndpoint");
 
 if (subCommunitiesContainer) {
   ReactDOM.render(
     <CommunitiesCardGroup
       fetchDataUrl={apiEndpoint}
-      emptyMessage="There are no child communities."
+      emptyMessage={i18next.t("This community has no subcommunities")}
       defaultLogo="/static/images/square-placeholder.png"
     />,
     subCommunitiesContainer