diff --git a/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/Endpoints.jsx b/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/Endpoints.jsx
index 558be616c3d..1cfaf0c4da0 100644
--- a/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/Endpoints.jsx
+++ b/portals/publisher/src/main/webapp/source/src/app/components/Apis/Details/Endpoints/Endpoints.jsx
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ function Endpoints(props) {
                         }
                     }
                 } else if (production.type === 'apikey') {
-                    if ((production.apiKeyValue === null || production.apiKeyValue === '') &&
-                        endpointConfig.production_endpoints) {
+                    if (production.apiKeyValue === null && endpointConfig.production_endpoints) {
                         return {
                             isValid: false,
                             message: intl.formatMessage({
@@ -526,8 +525,7 @@ function Endpoints(props) {
                         }
                     }
                 } else if (sandbox.type === 'apikey') {
-                    if ((sandbox.apiKeyValue === null || sandbox.apiKeyValue === '') &&
-                        endpointConfig.sandbox_endpoints) {
+                    if (sandbox.apiKeyValue === null && endpointConfig.sandbox_endpoints) {
                         return {
                             isValid: false,
                             message: intl.formatMessage({