diff --git a/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionBox.vue b/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionBox.vue
index c40edd1e678def7ba43336ec435b28aba62a64c4..f26c8d7c30f667ac008eb57fd59cee56735b1f51 100644
--- a/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionBox.vue
+++ b/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionBox.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <script>
 export default {
     name: 'courseware-companion-box',
+    render(createElement) {
+        return null;
+    },
     props: {
         msgCompanion: String,
         mood: {
diff --git a/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionOverlay.vue b/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionOverlay.vue
index a45da116d836ad87fb2e949a6efc5e056e7d05d9..bfd0a93374357b2fa3ba59317175e2c3545319e4 100644
--- a/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionOverlay.vue
+++ b/resources/vue/components/courseware/layouts/CoursewareCompanionOverlay.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import { mapActions, mapGetters } from 'vuex';
 
 export default {
     name: 'courseware-companion-overlay',
+    render(createElement) {
+        return null;
+    },
     computed: {
         ...mapGetters({
             showCompanion: 'showCompanionOverlay',