diff --git a/Sources/ApolloCodegenLib/Templates/SelectionSetTemplate.swift b/Sources/ApolloCodegenLib/Templates/SelectionSetTemplate.swift
index 71e841f6..d8d0d0b4 100644
--- a/Sources/ApolloCodegenLib/Templates/SelectionSetTemplate.swift
+++ b/Sources/ApolloCodegenLib/Templates/SelectionSetTemplate.swift
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ struct SelectionSetTemplate {
       \(SelectionSetNameDocumentation(inlineFragment))
       \(renderAccessControl())\
       struct \(inlineFragment.renderedTypeName): \(SelectionSetType(asInlineFragment: true))\
-      \(if: inlineFragment.isCompositeSelectionSet, ", \(config.ApolloAPITargetName).CompositeInlineFragment")\
+      \(if: inlineFragment.isCompositeInlineFragment, ", \(config.ApolloAPITargetName).CompositeInlineFragment")\
       \(if: inlineFragment.isDeferred, ", \(config.ApolloAPITargetName).Deferrable")\
        {
         \(BodyTemplate(context))
@@ -274,18 +274,25 @@ struct SelectionSetTemplate {
     var deprecatedArguments: [DeprecatedArgument]? =
       config.options.warningsOnDeprecatedUsage == .include ? [] : nil
 
-    let selectionsTemplate = TemplateString(
-      """
-      \(renderAccessControl())\
-      static var __selections: [\(config.ApolloAPITargetName).Selection] { [
-        \(if: shouldIncludeTypenameSelection(for: scope), ".field(\"__typename\", String.self),")
-        \(renderedSelections(groupedSelections.unconditionalSelections, &deprecatedArguments), terminator: ",")
-        \(groupedSelections.inclusionConditionGroups.map {
-        renderedConditionalSelectionGroup($0, $1, in: scope, &deprecatedArguments)
-      }, terminator: ",")
-      ] }
-      """
-    )
+    let shouldIncludeTypenameSelection = shouldIncludeTypenameSelection(for: scope)
+    let selectionsTemplate: TemplateString
+
+    if !groupedSelections.isEmpty || shouldIncludeTypenameSelection {
+      selectionsTemplate = TemplateString("""
+        \(renderAccessControl())\
+        static var __selections: [\(config.ApolloAPITargetName).Selection] { [
+          \(if: shouldIncludeTypenameSelection, ".field(\"__typename\", String.self),")
+          \(renderedSelections(groupedSelections.unconditionalSelections, &deprecatedArguments), terminator: ",")
+          \(groupedSelections.inclusionConditionGroups.map {
+          renderedConditionalSelectionGroup($0, $1, in: scope, &deprecatedArguments)
+        }, terminator: ",")
+        ] }
+        """
+      )
+    } else {
+      selectionsTemplate = ""
+    }
+
     return """
       \(if: deprecatedArguments != nil && !deprecatedArguments.unsafelyUnwrapped.isEmpty, """
       \(deprecatedArguments.unsafelyUnwrapped.map { """
@@ -752,12 +759,8 @@ private class SelectionSetNameCache {
 
 extension IR.ComputedSelectionSet {
 
-  fileprivate var isCompositeSelectionSet: Bool {
-    return direct?.isEmpty ?? true
-  }
-
   fileprivate var isCompositeInlineFragment: Bool {
-    return !self.isEntityRoot && isCompositeSelectionSet
+    return !self.isEntityRoot && !self.isUserDefined && (direct?.isEmpty ?? true)
   }
 
   fileprivate var shouldBeRendered: Bool {
diff --git a/Sources/IR/IR+ComputedSelectionSet.swift b/Sources/IR/IR+ComputedSelectionSet.swift
index 1af61f50..d885dfc0 100644
--- a/Sources/IR/IR+ComputedSelectionSet.swift
+++ b/Sources/IR/IR+ComputedSelectionSet.swift
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ extension ComputedSelectionSet {
     private func createShallowlyMergedNestedEntityField(from field: EntityField) -> EntityField {
       let typeInfo = SelectionSet.TypeInfo(
         entity: entityStorage.entity(for: field.underlyingField, on: typeInfo.entity),
-        scopePath: self.typeInfo.scopePath.appending(field.selectionSet.typeInfo.scope)
+        scopePath: self.typeInfo.scopePath.appending(field.selectionSet.typeInfo.scope),
+        isUserDefined: false
       )
 
       let newSelectionSet = SelectionSet(
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ extension ComputedSelectionSet {
 
       let typeInfo = SelectionSet.TypeInfo(
         entity: self.typeInfo.entity,
-        scopePath: self.typeInfo.scopePath.mutatingLast { $0.appending(condition) }
+        scopePath: self.typeInfo.scopePath.mutatingLast { $0.appending(condition) },
+        isUserDefined: false
       )
 
       let selectionSet = SelectionSet(
diff --git a/Sources/IR/IR+DirectSelections.swift b/Sources/IR/IR+DirectSelections.swift
index 6bdfbc56..7e408141 100644
--- a/Sources/IR/IR+DirectSelections.swift
+++ b/Sources/IR/IR+DirectSelections.swift
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ public class DirectSelections: Equatable, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
 
     let typeInfo = SelectionSet.TypeInfo(
       entity: existingField.entity,
-      scopePath: wrapperScope
+      scopePath: wrapperScope,
+      isUserDefined: true
     )
 
     let selectionSet = SelectionSet(
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ public class DirectSelections: Equatable, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
         entity: newField.entity,
         scopePath: wrapperField.selectionSet.scopePath.mutatingLast {
           $0.appending(newFieldConditions)
-        }
+        },
+        isUserDefined: true
       )
 
       let newFieldSelectionSet = SelectionSet(
@@ -209,6 +211,10 @@ public class DirectSelections: Equatable, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
     public private(set) var inclusionConditionGroups:
     OrderedDictionary<AnyOf<InclusionConditions>, DirectSelections.ReadOnly> = [:]
 
+    public var isEmpty: Bool {
+      unconditionalSelections.isEmpty && inclusionConditionGroups.isEmpty
+    }
+
     init(_ directSelections: DirectSelections.ReadOnly) {
       for selection in directSelections.fields {
         if let condition = selection.value.inclusionConditions {
diff --git a/Sources/IR/IR+RootFieldBuilder.swift b/Sources/IR/IR+RootFieldBuilder.swift
index a8c843eb..967c46b4 100644
--- a/Sources/IR/IR+RootFieldBuilder.swift
+++ b/Sources/IR/IR+RootFieldBuilder.swift
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class RootFieldBuilder {
   ) async -> SelectionSet {
     let typeInfo = SelectionSet.TypeInfo(
       entity: entity,
-      scopePath: scopePath
+      scopePath: scopePath,
+      isUserDefined: true
     )
 
     var directSelections: DirectSelections? = nil
@@ -420,7 +421,8 @@ class RootFieldBuilder {
 
     let typeInfo = SelectionSet.TypeInfo(
       entity: parentTypeInfo.entity,
-      scopePath: scopePath
+      scopePath: scopePath,
+      isUserDefined: true
     )
 
     let fragmentSpread = NamedFragmentSpread(
diff --git a/Sources/IR/IR+SelectionSet.swift b/Sources/IR/IR+SelectionSet.swift
index be467cd4..673d55bd 100644
--- a/Sources/IR/IR+SelectionSet.swift
+++ b/Sources/IR/IR+SelectionSet.swift
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ public class SelectionSet: Hashable, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
     /// The selection set's `scope` is the last element in the list.
     public let scopePath: LinkedList<ScopeDescriptor>
 
+    /// Indicates if the `SelectionSet` was created directly due to a selection set in the user defined `.graphql` definition file.
+    ///
+    /// If `false`, the selection set was artificially created by the IR. Currently, the only reason for this is a `CompositeInlineFragment` created during calculation of merged selections for field merging.
+    public var isUserDefined: Bool
+
+    // MARK: - Computed Properties
+
     /// Describes all of the types and inclusion conditions the selection set matches.
     /// Derived from all the selection set's parents.
     public var scope: ScopeDescriptor { scopePath.last.value }
@@ -28,6 +35,7 @@ public class SelectionSet: Hashable, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
     public var deferCondition: CompilationResult.DeferCondition? {
       scope.scopePath.last.value.deferCondition
     }
+
     public var isDeferred: Bool { deferCondition != nil }
 
     /// Indicates if the `SelectionSet` represents a root selection set.
@@ -38,10 +46,12 @@ public class SelectionSet: Hashable, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
 
     init(
       entity: Entity,
-      scopePath: LinkedList<ScopeDescriptor>
+      scopePath: LinkedList<ScopeDescriptor>,
+      isUserDefined: Bool
     ) {
       self.entity = entity
       self.scopePath = scopePath
+      self.isUserDefined = isUserDefined
     }
 
     public static func == (lhs: TypeInfo, rhs: TypeInfo) -> Bool {