diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Beatmaps/PaginatedBeatmapContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Beatmaps/PaginatedBeatmapContainer.cs
index 1936cb6188..1f99b75909 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Beatmaps/PaginatedBeatmapContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Beatmaps/PaginatedBeatmapContainer.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Beatmaps
         private readonly BeatmapSetType type;
 
         public PaginatedBeatmapContainer(BeatmapSetType type, Bindable<User> user)
-            : base(user, "None... yet.")
+            : base(user)
         {
             this.type = type;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/HistoricalSection.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/HistoricalSection.cs
index 3d1a1efe6e..e021f16e5e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/HistoricalSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/HistoricalSection.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
                 new PaginatedMostPlayedBeatmapContainer(User),
-                new PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType.Recent, User, "No performance records. :("),
+                new PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType.Recent, User),
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Kudosu/PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Kudosu/PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer.cs
index 923316d8c5..c823053c4b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Kudosu/PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Kudosu/PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Kudosu
 {
     public class PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer : PaginatedContainer<APIKudosuHistory>
     {
-        public PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer(Bindable<User> user, string missing)
-            : base(user, missing)
+        public PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer(Bindable<User> user)
+            : base(user, "This user hasn't received any kudosu!")
         {
             ItemsPerPage = 5;
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/KudosuSection.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/KudosuSection.cs
index 7e75e7e3e4..a9e9952257 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/KudosuSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/KudosuSection.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
                 new KudosuInfo(User),
-                new PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer(User, "This user hasn't received any kudosu!"),
+                new PaginatedKudosuHistoryContainer(User),
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/PaginatedContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/PaginatedContainer.cs
index 87472e77ea..9ddca48298 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/PaginatedContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/PaginatedContainer.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections
         protected readonly FillFlowContainer ItemsContainer;
         protected RulesetStore Rulesets;
 
-        protected PaginatedContainer(Bindable<User> user, string missing)
+        protected PaginatedContainer(Bindable<User> user, string missing = "")
         {
             User.BindTo(user);
 
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections
             {
                 moreButton.Hide();
                 moreButton.IsLoading = false;
-                missingText.Show();
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(missingText.Text))
+                    missingText.Show();
+
                 return;
             }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/PaginatedScoreContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/PaginatedScoreContainer.cs
index 2cefe45e4a..fbf92fd2e6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/PaginatedScoreContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/PaginatedScoreContainer.cs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Ranks
     {
         private readonly ScoreType type;
 
-        public PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType type, Bindable<User> user, string missing)
-            : base(user, missing)
+        public PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType type, Bindable<User> user)
+            : base(user)
         {
             this.type = type;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RanksSection.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RanksSection.cs
index 40bd050955..18bf4f31d8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RanksSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RanksSection.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections
         {
             Children = new[]
             {
-                new PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType.Best, User, "No performance records. :("),
-                new PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType.Firsts, User, "No awesome performance records yet. :("),
+                new PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType.Best, User),
+                new PaginatedScoreContainer(ScoreType.Firsts, User),
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/PaginatedRecentActivityContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/PaginatedRecentActivityContainer.cs
index 4c828ef0c1..a2f844503f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/PaginatedRecentActivityContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/PaginatedRecentActivityContainer.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Recent
 {
     public class PaginatedRecentActivityContainer : PaginatedContainer<APIRecentActivity>
     {
-        public PaginatedRecentActivityContainer(Bindable<User> user, string missing)
-            : base(user, missing)
+        public PaginatedRecentActivityContainer(Bindable<User> user)
+            : base(user)
         {
             ItemsPerPage = 10;
             ItemsContainer.Spacing = new Vector2(0, 8);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RecentSection.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RecentSection.cs
index 0c118b80b5..1e6cfcc9fd 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RecentSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/RecentSection.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections
         {
             Children = new[]
             {
-                new PaginatedRecentActivityContainer(User, "This user hasn't done anything notable recently!"),
+                new PaginatedRecentActivityContainer(User),
             };
         }
     }