diff --git a/libqfieldsync/offline_converter.py b/libqfieldsync/offline_converter.py
index a9cd191..82226a0 100644
--- a/libqfieldsync/offline_converter.py
+++ b/libqfieldsync/offline_converter.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     QgsRasterLayer,
     QgsValueRelationFieldFormatter,
     QgsVectorLayer,
+    QgsLayerTreeGroup,
 )
 from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QObject, pyqtSignal
 
@@ -279,6 +280,8 @@ def _convert(self, project: QgsProject) -> None:
             elif layer_action == SyncAction.REMOVE:
                 project.removeMapLayer(layer)
 
+        self.remove_empty_groups_from_layer_tree_group(project.layerTreeRoot())
+
         export_project_filename = self._export_filename
 
         # save the original project path
@@ -346,6 +349,22 @@ def _convert(self, project: QgsProject) -> None:
         QgsProject.instance().write(str(export_project_filename))
         project.writeProject.disconnect(on_original_project_write)
 
+    def remove_empty_groups_from_layer_tree_group(
+        self, group: QgsLayerTreeGroup
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Recursively removes any empty groups from the given layer tree group.
+        """
+        for child in group.children():
+            if not isinstance(child, QgsLayerTreeGroup):
+                continue
+
+            # remove recursively
+            self.remove_empty_groups_from_layer_tree_group(child)
+
+            if not child.children():
+                group.removeChildNode(child)
+
     def post_process_offline_layers(self):
         project = QgsProject.instance()
         project.setEvaluateDefaultValues(False)