diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/item.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/item.py
index 6b41cc4b87..d511698a0a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/item.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/item.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class QuotaForm(I18nModelForm):
                         'event': self.event.slug,
                         'organizer': self.event.organizer.slug,
                     }),
-                    'data-placeholder': _('All products')
+                    'data-placeholder': _('No products')
                 },
                 choices=choices,
             )
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py b/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py
index 0348bbf30d..0686596f10 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class SubEventEditorMixin(MetaDataEditorMixin):
                     'name': q.name,
                     'release_after_exit': q.release_after_exit,
                     'ignore_for_event_availability': q.ignore_for_event_availability,
-                    'itemvars': [str(i.pk) for i in q.items.all()] + [
+                    'itemvars': [str(i.pk) for i in q.items.all() if (len(i.variations.all()) == 0)] + [
                         '{}-{}'.format(v.item_id, v.pk) for v in q.variations.all()
                     ]
                 } for q in self.copy_from.quotas.prefetch_related('items', 'variations')