diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitList.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitList.svelte
index e673dada2..401de460b 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitList.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitList.svelte
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 
 	let { commits, pipelineStatuses, selection, showChangeIds = $bindable(true) }: Props = $props();
 
-	const toggleIds = () => (showChangeIds = !showChangeIds);
+	const hasChangeIds = $derived(commits.some((commit) => commit.changeId !== undefined));
+	const toggleIds = $derived(hasChangeIds ? () => (showChangeIds = !showChangeIds) : undefined);
 
 	// where row `i` sits inside a range, so the row can style its own ends
 	function band(i: number, { start, end }: Range): Band {
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitRow.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitRow.svelte
index 6b260b36b..7176aa802 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitRow.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/repo/pulls/PullCommitRow.svelte
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 			{onclick}
 		></button>
 	{/if}
-	{#if changeId}
+	{#if ontoggleIds}
 		<!-- a span, not a button: chromium refuses to select text inside a button, and the id
 		     has to be selectable to be copied -->
 		<span