diff --git a/src/app/frontend/role/list/controller.js b/src/app/frontend/role/list/controller.js
index 263133bc786af721ed4ba9c5b952af834ceadb3f..9464072f2188c3f868dd4457069441a1b19fd137 100644
--- a/src/app/frontend/role/list/controller.js
+++ b/src/app/frontend/role/list/controller.js
@@ -28,12 +28,4 @@ export class RoleListController {
     /** @export {!angular.Resource} */
     this.roleListResource = kdRoleListResource;
   }
-
-  /**
-   * @return {boolean}
-   * @export
-   */
-  shouldShowZeroState() {
-    return this.roleList.items === null || this.roleList.items.length === 0;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/frontend/role/list/list.html b/src/app/frontend/role/list/list.html
index 69a1d0b11860bb8a8b5fc7a516079c56e1e5a61d..c575788b2863f46068a1347f56c64708cd135db5 100644
--- a/src/app/frontend/role/list/list.html
+++ b/src/app/frontend/role/list/list.html
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 <kd-content-card>
   <kd-content>
-    <kd-role-card-list ng-if="!$ctrl.shouldShowZeroState()"
-                       role-list="$ctrl.roleList"
+    <kd-role-card-list role-list="$ctrl.roleList"
                        role-list-resource="$ctrl.roleListResource"
                        with-statuses="false">
     </kd-role-card-list>
-    <kd-zero-state ng-if="$ctrl.shouldShowZeroState()"></kd-zero-state>
   </kd-content>
 </kd-content-card>
diff --git a/src/test/frontend/role/list/controller_test.js b/src/test/frontend/role/list/controller_test.js
index 6db33767a8743306a851716d791e4462fcab126f..afff042f9c40c97b58612f3c2b0c307fac5ceb28 100644
--- a/src/test/frontend/role/list/controller_test.js
+++ b/src/test/frontend/role/list/controller_test.js
@@ -16,17 +16,8 @@ import {RoleListController} from 'role/list/controller';
 import roleModule from 'role/module';
 
 describe('Role controller', () => {
-  /**
-   * @type {!RoleListController}
-   */
-  let ctrl;
-
   beforeEach(() => {
     angular.mock.module(roleModule.name);
-
-    angular.mock.inject(($controller) => {
-      ctrl = $controller(RoleListController, {roleList: {items: []}});
-    });
   });
 
   it('should initialize role controller', angular.mock.inject(($controller) => {
@@ -36,24 +27,4 @@ describe('Role controller', () => {
 
     expect(ctrl.roleList.items).toBe(ctrls);
   }));
-
-  it('should show zero state', () => {
-    expect(ctrl.shouldShowZeroState()).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('should hide zero state', () => {
-    // given
-    ctrl.roleList = {items: ['mock']};
-
-    // then
-    expect(ctrl.shouldShowZeroState()).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should show zero state if returned items is null', () => {
-    // given
-    ctrl.roleList = {items: null};
-
-    // then
-    expect(ctrl.shouldShowZeroState()).toBe(true);
-  });
 });