diff --git a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.js b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.js
index 817c88d456db..a05319c929f9 100644
--- a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.js
+++ b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function MoneyRequestView({report, parentReport, parentReportActions, policyCate
         cardID: transactionCardID,
     } = ReportUtils.getTransactionDetails(transaction);
     const isEmptyMerchant =
-        transactionMerchant === '' || transactionMerchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.UNKNOWN_MERCHANT || transactionMerchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT;
+        transactionMerchant === '' || transactionMerchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT;
     const isDistanceRequest = TransactionUtils.isDistanceRequest(transaction);
     let formattedTransactionAmount = transactionAmount ? CurrencyUtils.convertToDisplayString(transactionAmount, transactionCurrency) : '';
     const hasPendingWaypoints = lodashGet(transaction, 'pendingFields.waypoints', null);
diff --git a/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts b/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts
index 232c30658838..4f5610eca686 100644
--- a/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts
@@ -131,11 +131,10 @@ function hasReceipt(transaction: Transaction | undefined | null): boolean {
 
 function isMerchantMissing(transaction: Transaction) {
     const isMerchantEmpty =
-        transaction.merchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.UNKNOWN_MERCHANT || transaction.merchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT || transaction.merchant === '';
+        transaction.merchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT || transaction.merchant === '';
 
     const isModifiedMerchantEmpty =
         !transaction.modifiedMerchant ||
-        transaction.modifiedMerchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.UNKNOWN_MERCHANT ||
         transaction.modifiedMerchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT ||
         transaction.modifiedMerchant === '';