diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_webview_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_webview_views.py
index 9817ecd290a3..c3b88bac17bc 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_webview_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_webview_views.py
@@ -611,6 +611,26 @@ def test_render_html_view_valid_certificate(self):
response = self.client.get(test_url)
self.assertContains(response, str(self.cert.verify_uuid))
+ @override_settings(CERTIFICATES_HTML_VIEW=True)
+ def test_render_html_view_without_about_url(self):
+ """
+ Tests that the certificate renders when no About page URL is configured
+ anywhere: not in the HTML view configuration, the site configuration or
+ the marketing URLs. The "Learn more" link is left out rather than the
+ template failing on an undefined name.
+ """
+ CertificateHtmlViewConfigurationFactory.create(enabled=False)
+ self._add_course_certificates(count=1, signatory_count=1)
+ test_url = get_certificate_url(
+ user_id=self.user.id,
+ course_id=str(self.course.id),
+ uuid=self.cert.verify_uuid
+ )
+ response = self.client.get(test_url)
+ self.assertContains(response, str(self.cert.verify_uuid))
+ self.assertContains(response, 'class="about-item about-edx"')
+ self.assertNotContains(response, 'Learn more about')
+
@override_settings(CERTIFICATES_HTML_VIEW=True)
def test_render_certificate_only_for_downloadable_status(self):
"""
diff --git a/lms/templates/certificates/_about-edx.html b/lms/templates/certificates/_about-edx.html
index 70b030852519..e25e292d45e0 100644
--- a/lms/templates/certificates/_about-edx.html
+++ b/lms/templates/certificates/_about-edx.html
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ ${company_about_title}