diff --git a/includes/Skins/SkinMinerva.php b/includes/Skins/SkinMinerva.php
index bc01c4d9a..e339e8f3e 100644
--- a/includes/Skins/SkinMinerva.php
+++ b/includes/Skins/SkinMinerva.php
@@ -439,29 +439,36 @@ class SkinMinerva extends SkinMustache {
 				->getRevisionLookup()
 				->getTimestampFromId( $out->getRevisionId() );
 		}
-		$historyIconClasses = [
-			'historyIconClass' => MinervaUI::iconClass(
-				'history-base20', 'mw-ui-icon-small', '', 'wikimedia'
-			),
-			'arrowIconClass' => MinervaUI::iconClass(
-				'expand-gray', 'small',
-				'mf-mw-ui-icon-rotate-anti-clockwise indicator',
-				// Uses icon in MobileFrontend so must be prefixed mf.
-				// Without MobileFrontend it will not render.
-				// Rather than maintain 2 versions (and variants) of the arrow icon which can conflict
-				// with each othe and bloat CSS, we'll
-				// use the MobileFrontend one. Long term when T177432 and T160690 are resolved
-				// we should be able to use one icon definition and break this dependency.
-				'mf'
-			),
-		];
-		$historyLink = !$isLatestRevision || $title->isMainPage() ?
-			$this->getGenericHistoryLink( $title ) :
-			$this->getRelativeHistoryLink( $title, $timestamp );
+
+		// Create history link and corresponding icons.
+		$historyLinkAndIcons = [];
+		if ( Action::getActionName( RequestContext::getMain() ) === 'view' ) {
+			$historyIconClasses = [
+				'historyIconClass' => MinervaUI::iconClass(
+					'history-base20', 'mw-ui-icon-small', '', 'wikimedia'
+				),
+				'arrowIconClass' => MinervaUI::iconClass(
+					'expand-gray', 'small',
+					'mf-mw-ui-icon-rotate-anti-clockwise indicator',
+					// Uses icon in MobileFrontend so must be prefixed mf.
+					// Without MobileFrontend it will not render.
+					// Rather than maintain 2 versions (and variants) of the arrow icon which can conflict
+					// with each othe and bloat CSS, we'll
+					// use the MobileFrontend one. Long term when T177432 and T160690 are resolved
+					// we should be able to use one icon definition and break this dependency.
+					'mf'
+				),
+			];
+			$historyLink = !$isLatestRevision || $title->isMainPage() ?
+				$this->getGenericHistoryLink( $title ) :
+				$this->getRelativeHistoryLink( $title, $timestamp );
+
+			$historyLinkAndIcons = $historyLink + $historyIconClasses;
+		}
 
 		$title = $this->getTitle();
-		return $title->canExist() && $title->exists()
-			? $historyLink + $historyIconClasses
+		return $title->canExist() && $title->exists() && !empty( $historyLinkAndIcons )
+			? $historyLinkAndIcons
 			: null;
 	}