diff --git a/connector/oidc/oidc.go b/connector/oidc/oidc.go
index f33b01f0..b0467330 100644
--- a/connector/oidc/oidc.go
+++ b/connector/oidc/oidc.go
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ func (c *oidcConnector) createIdentity(ctx context.Context, identity connector.I
 	if (!found || c.overrideClaimMapping) && c.emailKey != "" {
 		emailKey = c.emailKey
 		email, found = claims[emailKey].(string)
-		if !found && c.overrideClaimMapping {
-			// If override is enabled but claim was not found, empty string is preferred over fallback.
-			email, found = "", true
-		}
 	}
 
 	if !found && hasEmailScope {
diff --git a/connector/oidc/oidc_test.go b/connector/oidc/oidc_test.go
index d92fdea5..3038cebc 100644
--- a/connector/oidc/oidc_test.go
+++ b/connector/oidc/oidc_test.go
@@ -110,23 +110,6 @@ func TestHandleCallback(t *testing.T) {
 				"email_verified": true,
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name:                 "overrideWithMissingCustomEmailClaim",
-			userIDKey:            "", // not configured
-			userNameKey:          "", // not configured
-			overrideClaimMapping: true,
-			emailKey:             "custommail",
-			expectUserID:         "subvalue",
-			expectUserName:       "namevalue",
-			expectedEmailField:   "",
-			token: map[string]interface{}{
-				// no "custommail" claim
-				"sub":            "subvalue",
-				"name":           "namevalue",
-				"email":          "emailvalue",
-				"email_verified": true,
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name:                      "email_verified not in claims, configured to be skipped",
 			insecureSkipEmailVerified: true,