diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
index 3025450d79..243c9b1879 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     {%- endif -%}
     <select {{ block('widget_attributes') }}{% if multiple %} multiple="multiple"{% endif %}>
         {%- if empty_value is not none -%}
-            <option value=""{% if required and value is empty %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ empty_value|trans({}, translation_domain) }}</option>
+            <option value=""{% if required and value is empty %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ empty_value != '' ? empty_value|trans({}, translation_domain) }}</option>
         {%- endif -%}
         {%- if preferred_choices|length > 0 -%}
             {% set options = preferred_choices %}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/choice_widget_collapsed.html.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/choice_widget_collapsed.html.php
index 5d0897f195..0e180577ff 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/choice_widget_collapsed.html.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/choice_widget_collapsed.html.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     )) ?>
     <?php if ($multiple): ?> multiple="multiple"<?php endif ?>
 >
-    <?php if (null !== $empty_value): ?><option value=""<?php if ($required and empty($value) && '0' !== $value): ?> selected="selected"<?php endif?>><?php echo $view->escape($view['translator']->trans($empty_value, array(), $translation_domain)) ?></option><?php endif; ?>
+    <?php if (null !== $empty_value): ?><option value=""<?php if ($required and empty($value) && '0' !== $value): ?> selected="selected"<?php endif?>><?php echo '' != $empty_value ? $view->escape($view['translator']->trans($empty_value, array(), $translation_domain)) : '' ?></option><?php endif; ?>
     <?php if (count($preferred_choices) > 0): ?>
         <?php echo $view['form']->block($form, 'choice_widget_options', array('choices' => $preferred_choices)) ?>
         <?php if (count($choices) > 0 && null !== $separator): ?>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
index 8bbf9aab5d..c5529d8aa5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ abstract class AbstractLayoutTest extends \Symfony\Component\Form\Test\FormInteg
     [@name="name"]
     [not(@required)]
     [
-        ./option[@value=""][.="[trans][/trans]"]
+        ./option[@value=""][.=""]
         /following-sibling::option[@value="&a"][@selected="selected"][.="[trans]Choice&A[/trans]"]
         /following-sibling::option[@value="&b"][not(@selected)][.="[trans]Choice&B[/trans]"]
     ]
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ abstract class AbstractLayoutTest extends \Symfony\Component\Form\Test\FormInteg
     [@name="name"]
     [not(@required)]
     [
-        ./option[@value=""][.="[trans][/trans]"]
+        ./option[@value=""][.=""]
         /following-sibling::option[@value="&a"][not(@selected)][.="[trans]Choice&A[/trans]"]
         /following-sibling::option[@value="&b"][not(@selected)][.="[trans]Choice&B[/trans]"]
     ]
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ abstract class AbstractLayoutTest extends \Symfony\Component\Form\Test\FormInteg
     [@name="name"]
     [@required="required"]
     [
-        ./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="[trans][/trans]"]
+        ./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]
         /following-sibling::option[@value="&a"][@selected="selected"][.="[trans]Choice&A[/trans]"]
         /following-sibling::option[@value="&b"][not(@selected)][.="[trans]Choice&B[/trans]"]
     ]
@@ -1233,15 +1233,15 @@ abstract class AbstractLayoutTest extends \Symfony\Component\Form\Test\FormInteg
     [
         ./select
             [@id="name_month"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="[trans][/trans]"]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
             [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
         /following-sibling::select
             [@id="name_day"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="[trans][/trans]"]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
             [./option[@value="1"][@selected="selected"]]
         /following-sibling::select
             [@id="name_year"]
-            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.="[trans][/trans]"]]
+            [./option[@value=""][not(@selected)][not(@disabled)][.=""]]
             [./option[@value="1950"][@selected="selected"]]
     ]
     [count(./select)=3]