diff --git a/cypress/e2e/specs/application_registration.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/specs/application_registration.spec.ts
index 3b84ff65..a46585e8 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/specs/application_registration.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/specs/application_registration.spec.ts
@@ -127,12 +127,25 @@ describe('Application Registration', () => {
     cy.visit('/my-apps')
 
     cy.get('[data-testid="create-application-button"]').should('exist')
-    cy.get('[data-testid="create-application-link"]').should('exist')
+    cy.get('[data-testid="create-application-link"]').should('not.exist')
     cy.get('[data-testid="empty-state-card"]')
       .should('exist')
       .should('contain', 'No Applications')
   })
 
+  it('displays empty dashboard with enabled buttons', () => {
+    cy.mockApplications([], 0)
+    cy.mockApplicationAuthStrategies([{ name: 'foo', id: '1', credential_type: 'client_credentials', auth_methods: ['session', 'bearer'] }], 0)
+
+    cy.visit('/my-apps')
+
+    cy.get('[data-testid="create-application-button"]').should('exist')
+    cy.get('[data-testid="create-application-link"]').should('exist')
+    cy.get('[data-testid="empty-state-card"]')
+    .should('exist')
+    .should('contain', 'No Applications')
+  })
+
   it('can return to My Apps from application details via breadcrumb', () => {
     cy.mockDeveloperRefresh()
     cy.mockApplications(apps, 4)
diff --git a/src/locales/en.ts b/src/locales/en.ts
index 2587b67d..8099e7ed 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/locales/en.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export const en = {
     logoAlt: 'logo'
   },
   myApp: {
-    authStrategyWarning: 'You cannot create an application as this developer portal has no available application auth strategies. Please contact a developer portal admin.',
+    authStrategyWarning: 'There are no APIs that require authentication published to this portal. Application creation is disabled.',
     authStrategyFetchError: (errString: string) => `Error fetching auth strategies: ${errString}`,
     newApp: 'New App',
     plus: 'Plus',
diff --git a/src/views/MyApps.vue b/src/views/MyApps.vue
index 065f53af..22bdcf2f 100644
--- a/src/views/MyApps.vue
+++ b/src/views/MyApps.vue
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                 :title="searchStr ? helpText.noSearchResults : helpText.noApp"
               >
                 <template #message>
-                  <p>
+                  <p v-if="hasAppAuthStrategies">
                     <router-link
                       data-testid="create-application-link"
                       :to="{