diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/editor/editor-includes.xed b/mir-module/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/editor/editor-includes.xed
index e8d65c9bb9..949eeafad5 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/editor/editor-includes.xed
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/editor/editor-includes.xed
@@ -2008,10 +2008,13 @@
             </label>
             <div class="col-md-6">
               <xed:bind xpath="@type">
-                <select class="form-control" style="font-weight:bold;">
-                  <xed:include uri="xslStyle:items2options,convertClassificationOptions:classification:editor:-1:children:noteTypes" />
+                <select class="form-control">
+                    <option value="">
+                      <xed:output i18n="mir.select"/>
+                    </option>
+                    <xed:include uri="xslStyle:items2options,convertClassificationOptions:classification:editor:-1:children:noteTypes" />
                 </select>
-              </xed:bind>
+              </xed:bind >
             </div>
             <mir:help-pmud help-text="{i18n:mir.help.comment.type}" pmud="true" />
           </div>
diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-metadata-box.xsl b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-metadata-box.xsl
index e6cfe9b7b1..4b5d729137 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-metadata-box.xsl
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-metadata-box.xsl
@@ -294,20 +294,29 @@
             <xsl:apply-templates mode="present"
                                  select="mycoreobject/metadata/def.modsContainer/modsContainer/mods:mods/mods:extension[@displayLabel='characteristics']"/>
             <xsl:for-each select="mycoreobject/metadata/def.modsContainer/modsContainer/mods:mods/mods:note">
-                <xsl:variable name="myURI"
-                              select="concat('classification:metadata:0:children:noteTypes:',mcrxsl:regexp(@type,' ', '_'))"/>
-                <xsl:variable name="x-access">
-                    <xsl:value-of select="document($myURI)//label[@xml:lang='x-access']/@text"/>
-                </xsl:variable>
-                <xsl:variable name="noteLabel">
-                    <xsl:value-of select="document($myURI)//category/label[@xml:lang=$CurrentLang]/@text"/>
-                </xsl:variable>
-                <xsl:if test="contains($x-access, 'guest')">
-                    <xsl:call-template name="printMetaDate.mods">
-                        <xsl:with-param select="." name="nodes"/>
-                        <xsl:with-param select="$noteLabel" name="label"/>
-                    </xsl:call-template>
-                </xsl:if>
+                <xsl:choose>
+                    <xsl:when test="@type">
+                        <xsl:variable name="myURI"
+                                      select="concat('classification:metadata:0:children:noteTypes:',mcrxsl:regexp(@type,' ', '_'))"/>
+                        <xsl:variable name="x-access">
+                            <xsl:value-of select="document($myURI)//label[@xml:lang='x-access']/@text"/>
+                        </xsl:variable>
+                        <xsl:variable name="noteLabel">
+                            <xsl:value-of select="document($myURI)//category/label[@xml:lang=$CurrentLang]/@text"/>
+                        </xsl:variable>
+                        <xsl:if test="contains($x-access, 'guest')">
+                            <xsl:call-template name="printMetaDate.mods">
+                                <xsl:with-param select="." name="nodes"/>
+                                <xsl:with-param select="$noteLabel" name="label"/>
+                            </xsl:call-template>
+                        </xsl:if>
+                    </xsl:when>
+                    <xsl:otherwise>
+                        <xsl:call-template name="printMetaDate.mods">
+                            <xsl:with-param select="." name="nodes"/>
+                        </xsl:call-template>
+                    </xsl:otherwise>
+                </xsl:choose>
             </xsl:for-each>
         </table>
 
diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/mycoreobject-migrate-note.xsl b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/mycoreobject-migrate-note.xsl
index b71f703de3..9dc5a02e52 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/mycoreobject-migrate-note.xsl
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/mycoreobject-migrate-note.xsl
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@
   xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
   <xsl:include href="copynodes.xsl" />
   
-  <xsl:template match="//mods:note[not(@type)]">
-    <mods:note>
-      <xsl:attribute name="type">admin</xsl:attribute>
-      <xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
-      <xsl:apply-templates />
-    </mods:note>
-  </xsl:template>
-
   <xsl:template match="//mods:note[@type='mcr_intern' or @type='mcr intern']">
     <mods:note>
       <xsl:attribute name="type">admin</xsl:attribute>