diff --git a/app/Models/Application.php b/app/Models/Application.php
index 4f1796790..914d9948d 100644
--- a/app/Models/Application.php
+++ b/app/Models/Application.php
@@ -739,9 +739,9 @@ public function environment_variables()
         return $this->morphMany(EnvironmentVariable::class, 'resourceable')
             ->where('is_preview', false)
             ->orderByRaw("
-                CASE 
-                    WHEN LOWER(key) LIKE 'service_%' THEN 1
-                    WHEN is_required = true AND (value IS NULL OR value = '') THEN 2
+                CASE
+                    WHEN is_required = true THEN 1
+                    WHEN LOWER(key) LIKE 'service_%' THEN 2
                     ELSE 3
                 END,
                 LOWER(key) ASC
@@ -767,9 +767,9 @@ public function environment_variables_preview()
         return $this->morphMany(EnvironmentVariable::class, 'resourceable')
             ->where('is_preview', true)
             ->orderByRaw("
-                CASE 
-                    WHEN LOWER(key) LIKE 'service_%' THEN 1
-                    WHEN is_required = true AND (value IS NULL OR value = '') THEN 2
+                CASE
+                    WHEN is_required = true THEN 1
+                    WHEN LOWER(key) LIKE 'service_%' THEN 2
                     ELSE 3
                 END,
                 LOWER(key) ASC
diff --git a/app/Models/Service.php b/app/Models/Service.php
index c9bf4cbcd..063c8cba4 100644
--- a/app/Models/Service.php
+++ b/app/Models/Service.php
@@ -1231,9 +1231,9 @@ public function environment_variables()
     {
         return $this->morphMany(EnvironmentVariable::class, 'resourceable')
             ->orderByRaw("
-                CASE 
-                    WHEN LOWER(key) LIKE 'service_%' THEN 1
-                    WHEN is_required = true AND (value IS NULL OR value = '') THEN 2
+                CASE
+                    WHEN is_required = true THEN 1
+                    WHEN LOWER(key) LIKE 'service_%' THEN 2
                     ELSE 3
                 END,
                 LOWER(key) ASC