diff --git a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV2.cs b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV2.cs
index 81c1fb803d..3bb0486a38 100644
--- a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV2.cs
+++ b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV2.cs
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ internal override async Task<RecognizerResult> RecognizeInternalAsync(ITurnConte
             {
                 recognizerResult = new RecognizerResult
                 {
-                    Text = utterance,
-                    Intents = new Dictionary<string, IntentScore>() { { string.Empty, new IntentScore() { Score = 1.0 } } },
-                    Entities = new JObject(),
+                    Text = utterance
                 };
             }
             else
diff --git a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV3.cs b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV3.cs
index 4e26d67699..9ee8ac98c3 100644
--- a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV3.cs
+++ b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS/LuisRecognizerOptionsV3.cs
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ private async Task<RecognizerResult> RecognizeAsync(ITurnContext turnContext, st
             {
                 recognizerResult = new RecognizerResult
                 {
-                    Text = utterance,
-                    Intents = new Dictionary<string, IntentScore>() { { string.Empty, new IntentScore() { Score = 1.0 } } },
-                    Entities = new JObject(),
+                    Text = utterance
                 };
             }
             else
diff --git a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Adaptive/Recognizers/RegexRecognizer.cs b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Adaptive/Recognizers/RegexRecognizer.cs
index ab223ab10b..90c1f16e09 100644
--- a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Adaptive/Recognizers/RegexRecognizer.cs
+++ b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Adaptive/Recognizers/RegexRecognizer.cs
@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ public override async Task<RecognizerResult> RecognizeAsync(DialogContext dialog
             var recognizerResult = new RecognizerResult()
             {
                 Text = text,
-                Intents = new Dictionary<string, IntentScore>(),
             };
+            
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text))
+            {
+                // nothing to recognize, return empty recognizerResult
+                return recognizerResult;
+            }
 
             // add entities from regexrecgonizer to the entities pool
             var entityPool = new List<Entity>();
diff --git a/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisOracleTests.cs b/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisOracleTests.cs
index e24de798fc..c329b610e6 100644
--- a/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisOracleTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisOracleTests.cs
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ public async Task NullUtterance()
             Assert.IsNull(result.AlteredText);
             Assert.AreEqual(utterance, result.Text);
             Assert.IsNotNull(result.Intents);
-            Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Intents.Count);
-            Assert.IsNotNull(result.Intents[string.Empty]);
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.GetTopScoringIntent(), (string.Empty, 1.0));
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Intents.Count);
             Assert.IsNotNull(result.Entities);
             Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Entities.Count);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisV3OracleTests.cs b/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisV3OracleTests.cs
index 97d19f48b7..cbf2204818 100644
--- a/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisV3OracleTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS.Tests/LuisV3OracleTests.cs
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ public async Task NullUtterance()
             Assert.IsNull(result.AlteredText);
             Assert.AreEqual(utterance, result.Text);
             Assert.IsNotNull(result.Intents);
-            Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Intents.Count);
-            Assert.IsNotNull(result.Intents[string.Empty]);
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.GetTopScoringIntent(), (string.Empty, 1.0));
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Intents.Count);
             Assert.IsNotNull(result.Entities);
             Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Entities.Count);
         }