diff --git a/frontend/packages/kubevirt-plugin/src/components/vm-template.tsx b/frontend/packages/kubevirt-plugin/src/components/vm-template.tsx
index 0f1af38b58f5..97ecd236f7c0 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/kubevirt-plugin/src/components/vm-template.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/kubevirt-plugin/src/components/vm-template.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as _ from 'lodash-es';
 
 import {
   getTemplateOperatingSystems,
-  DASHES,
   getTemplateFlavors,
   TemplateSource,
 } from 'kubevirt-web-ui-components';
@@ -66,14 +65,14 @@ const VmTemplateRow = ({ obj: template }: React.ComponentProps<typeof ResourceRo
         />
       </div>
       <div className={mainRowStyle}>
-        {_.get(template.metadata, 'annotations.description', DASHES)}
+        {_.get(template.metadata, 'annotations.description', '-')}
       </div>
       <div className={otherRowStyle}>
         <div className="co-resource-list__item--templateSource">
           <TemplateSource template={template} />
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div className={otherRowStyle}>{os ? os.name || os.id : DASHES}</div>
+      <div className={otherRowStyle}>{os ? os.name || os.id : '-'}</div>
       <div className={otherRowStyle}>{getTemplateFlavors([template])[0]}</div>
     </ResourceRow>
   );