diff --git a/front/public/locales/en/operationalStudies/project.json b/front/public/locales/en/operationalStudies/project.json
index 7d2bb78ab67..9b14229a067 100644
--- a/front/public/locales/en/operationalStudies/project.json
+++ b/front/public/locales/en/operationalStudies/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "addImage": "Add an image",
   "affairCode": "Affair code",
   "budget": "Budget",
   "createdOn": "Created on ",
diff --git a/front/public/locales/fr/operationalStudies/project.json b/front/public/locales/fr/operationalStudies/project.json
index 2707679ae1b..98d90c00a64 100644
--- a/front/public/locales/fr/operationalStudies/project.json
+++ b/front/public/locales/fr/operationalStudies/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "addImage": "Ajouter une image",
   "affairCode": "Code affaire",
   "budget": "Budget",
   "createdOn": "Créée le",
diff --git a/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/components/Project/PictureUploader.tsx b/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/components/Project/PictureUploader.tsx
index e5fccb353a4..7e277505cf2 100644
--- a/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/components/Project/PictureUploader.tsx
+++ b/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/components/Project/PictureUploader.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type PictureUploaderProps = {
 
 type PicturePlaceholderButtonsProps = {
   setTempProjectImage: (tempProjectImage: Blob | null | undefined) => void;
+  tempProjectImage: Blob | null | undefined;
   safeWord: string;
   t: TFunction;
 };
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function displayNoImageMessages(isValid: boolean, t: (arg0: string) => string) {
     <>
       <Image />
       {isValid ? (
-        <div className="project-edition-modal-picture-placeholder-text">{t('noImage')}</div>
+        <div className="project-edition-modal-picture-placeholder-text">{t('addImage')}</div>
       ) : (
         <div className="project-edition-modal-picture-placeholder-text invalid">
           {t('noImageInvalid')}
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ function PicturePlaceholder({ image, isValid, tempProjectImage }: PicturePlaceho
 
 function PicturePlaceholderButtons({
   setTempProjectImage,
+  tempProjectImage,
   safeWord,
   t,
 }: PicturePlaceholderButtonsProps) {
@@ -183,14 +185,17 @@ function PicturePlaceholderButtons({
       >
         <img src={logoSNCF} alt="SNCF LOGO" />
       </button>
-      <button
-        className="remove"
-        type="button"
-        aria-label={t('removeImage')}
-        onClick={() => setTempProjectImage(null)}
-      >
-        <XCircle variant="fill" />
-      </button>
+
+      {tempProjectImage && (
+        <button
+          className="remove"
+          type="button"
+          aria-label={t('removeImage')}
+          onClick={() => setTempProjectImage(null)}
+        >
+          <XCircle variant="fill" />
+        </button>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -247,6 +252,7 @@ export default function PictureUploader({
       </label>
       <PicturePlaceholderButtons
         setTempProjectImage={setTempProjectImage}
+        tempProjectImage={tempProjectImage}
         safeWord={safeWord}
         t={t}
       />