diff --git a/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim b/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim
index 0a42f458..bfdf2257 100644
--- a/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
   .form-group
     = f.label(:file_type_id, t('activerecord.attributes.file.file_type_id'))
     = f.collection_select(:file_type_id, FileType.where(binary: false).order(:name), :id, :name, {selected: @exercise.execution_environment.file_type.try(:id)}, class: 'form-control')
-  .form-group
-    = f.label(:file_template_id, t('activerecord.attributes.file.file_template_id'))
-    = f.collection_select(:file_template_id, FileTemplate.all.order(:name), :id, :name, {:include_blank => true}, class: 'form-control')
+  - if FileTemplate.any?
+    .form-group
+      = f.label(:file_template_id, t('activerecord.attributes.file.file_template_id'))
+      = f.collection_select(:file_template_id, FileTemplate.all.order(:name), :id, :name, {:include_blank => true}, class: 'form-control')
   = f.hidden_field(:context_id)
   .d-none#noTemplateLabel data-text=t('file_template.no_template_label')
   .actions = render('shared/submit_button', f: f, object: CodeOcean::File.new)