diff --git a/src/lib/DocSearch.js b/src/lib/DocSearch.js
index c358f3d8..71a59766 100644
--- a/src/lib/DocSearch.js
+++ b/src/lib/DocSearch.js
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class DocSearch {
       ]).join('<span class="aa-suggestion-title-separator"> › </span>');
       let text = utils.getSnippetedValue(hit, 'content');
       let isTextOrSubcatoryNonEmpty = (subcategory && subcategory != "") || (displayTitle && displayTitle != "");
+      let isLvl1EmptyOrDuplicate = ! subcategory || subcategory == '' || subcategory == category;
       let isLvl2 = displayTitle && displayTitle != '' && displayTitle != subcategory;
       let isLvl1 = !isLvl2 && (subcategory && subcategory != '' && subcategory != category);
       let isLvl0 = !isLvl1 && !isLvl2;
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ class DocSearch {
         isLvl0: isLvl0,
         isLvl1: isLvl1,
         isLvl2: isLvl2,
+        isLvl1EmptyOrDuplicate: isLvl1EmptyOrDuplicate,
         isCategoryHeader: hit.isCategoryHeader,
         isSubCategoryHeader: hit.isSubCategoryHeader,
         isTextOrSubcatoryNonEmpty: isTextOrSubcatoryNonEmpty,
diff --git a/src/lib/templates.js b/src/lib/templates.js
index aaab9b5c..b96dc933 100644
--- a/src/lib/templates.js
+++ b/src/lib/templates.js
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ let templates = {
     <div class="${suggestionPrefix}--category-header">
         {{^isLvl0}}
         <span class="${suggestionPrefix}--category-header-lvl0 ${suggestionPrefix}--category-header-item">{{{category}}}</span>
+          {{^isLvl1}}
+          {{^isLvl1EmptyOrDuplicate}}
+          <span class="${suggestionPrefix}--category-header-lvl1 ${suggestionPrefix}--category-header-item">
+              {{{subcategory}}}
+          </span>
+          {{/isLvl1EmptyOrDuplicate}}
+          {{/isLvl1}}
         {{/isLvl0}}
-        {{^isLvl1}}
-        <span class="${suggestionPrefix}--category-header-lvl1 ${suggestionPrefix}--category-header-item">
-            {{{subcategory}}}
-        </span>
-        {{/isLvl1}}
         
         <div class="${suggestionPrefix}--title ${suggestionPrefix}--category-header-item">
             {{#isLvl2}}