diff --git a/controllers/alertmanagerconfig_controller.go b/controllers/alertmanagerconfig_controller.go
index d40ce40..1698853 100644
--- a/controllers/alertmanagerconfig_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/alertmanagerconfig_controller.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (r *AlertmanagerConfigReconciler) deleteWebhooksFromRelatedAlerts(ctx conte
 	}
 
 	for _, alert := range alerts.Items {
-		alert.Spec.NotificationGroups = []coralogixv1alpha1.NotificationGroup{{}}
+		alert.Spec.NotificationGroups = nil
 		if err := r.Update(ctx, &alert); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("received an error while trying to update Alert CRD from AlertmanagerConfig: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ func generateNotificationGroupFromRoutes(matchedRoutes []*prometheus.Route, matc
 
 		notificationsGroups = append(notificationsGroups, notificationsGroup)
 	}
-
+	if len(notificationsGroups) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	return notificationsGroups, nil
 }