diff --git a/workspaces/tekton/.changeset/fix-tekton-tab-visibility.md b/workspaces/tekton/.changeset/fix-tekton-tab-visibility.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bcd4a0456a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/tekton/.changeset/fix-tekton-tab-visibility.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage-community/plugin-tekton': patch
+---
+
+Hide the CI/CD tab on entity pages when the tekton annotation is not present
diff --git a/workspaces/tekton/packages/app/src/components/catalog/EntityPage.tsx b/workspaces/tekton/packages/app/src/components/catalog/EntityPage.tsx
index a37a4942619..b0e6e0e9056 100644
--- a/workspaces/tekton/packages/app/src/components/catalog/EntityPage.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tekton/packages/app/src/components/catalog/EntityPage.tsx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ const serviceEntityPage = (
       {overviewContent}
     </EntityLayout.Route>
 
-    <EntityLayout.Route path="/ci-cd" title="CI/CD">
+    <EntityLayout.Route path="/ci-cd" title="CI/CD" if={isTektonCIAvailable}>
       {cicdContent}
     </EntityLayout.Route>
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ const websiteEntityPage = (
       {overviewContent}
     </EntityLayout.Route>
 
-    <EntityLayout.Route path="/ci-cd" title="CI/CD">
+    <EntityLayout.Route path="/ci-cd" title="CI/CD" if={isTektonCIAvailable}>
       {cicdContent}
     </EntityLayout.Route>
 
diff --git a/workspaces/tekton/plugins/tekton/src/alpha.tsx b/workspaces/tekton/plugins/tekton/src/alpha.tsx
index dad8c41e0ed..9aacfb6d6b0 100644
--- a/workspaces/tekton/plugins/tekton/src/alpha.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tekton/plugins/tekton/src/alpha.tsx
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  */
 import { createFrontendPlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { EntityContentBlueprint } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react/alpha';
+import { isTektonCIAvailable } from './utils/isTektonCIAvailable';
 
 const tektonEntityContent = EntityContentBlueprint.make({
   name: 'tektonEntityContent',
   params: {
     path: '/tekton',
     title: 'Tekton',
+    filter: isTektonCIAvailable,
     loader: () => import('./components/Router').then(m => <m.Router />),
   },
 });