diff --git a/app/templates/_side_pane.html b/app/templates/_side_pane.html
index f36a19f2..73453a0f 100644
--- a/app/templates/_side_pane.html
+++ b/app/templates/_side_pane.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                     <p class="red small">{{ _('Moderators have not been active recently.') }}</p>
                     {% endif -%}
                 {% endif -%}
-                {% if not community.is_local() -%}
+                {% if rss_feed and not community.is_local() -%}
                     <ul>
                         <li><p><a href="{{ community.public_url() }}">{{ _('View community on original server') }}</a></p></li>
                         <li><p><a href="{{ url_for('community.retrieve_remote_post', community_id=community.id) }}">{{ _('Retrieve a post from the original server') }}</a></p></li>