diff --git a/ftl/core/card-template-rendering.ftl b/ftl/core/card-template-rendering.ftl
index 7141c35f1..bff3327a0 100644
--- a/ftl/core/card-template-rendering.ftl
+++ b/ftl/core/card-template-rendering.ftl
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ card-template-rendering-conditional-not-open = Found '{ $found }', but missing '
 # when the user referenced a field that doesn't exist
 # eg, Found '{{Field}}', but there is not field called 'Field'
 card-template-rendering-no-such-field = Found '{ $found }', but there is no field called '{ $field }'
-# when the user referenced a field that doesn't exist in a conditional, excepting card numbers like 'c1'
-# eg, Found '{{#Field}}', but neither is it a card number nor is there a field called 'Field'
-card-template-rendering-no-such-conditional = Found '{ $found }', but neither is it a card number nor is there a field called '{ $key }'
 # This message is shown when the front side of the card is blank,
 # either due to a badly-designed template, or because required fields
 # are missing.
diff --git a/rslib/src/template.rs b/rslib/src/template.rs
index 628bf1c26..9628033df 100644
--- a/rslib/src/template.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/template.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ fn localized_template_error(tr: &I18n, err: TemplateError) -> String {
             .card_template_rendering_no_such_field(format!("{{{{{}{}}}}}", filters, field), field)
             .into(),
         TemplateError::NoSuchConditional(condition) => tr
-            .card_template_rendering_no_such_conditional(
+            .card_template_rendering_no_such_field(
                 format!("{{{{{}}}}}", condition),
                 &condition[1..],
             )