diff --git a/.changeset/gold-cars-clean.md b/.changeset/gold-cars-clean.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1681d6074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gold-cars-clean.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect-app/infra": patch
+---
+
+fix: don't break on empty routes
diff --git a/packages/infra/src/api/routing.ts b/packages/infra/src/api/routing.ts
index 766b2dfd3..b8d54ab33 100644
--- a/packages/infra/src/api/routing.ts
+++ b/packages/infra/src/api/routing.ts
@@ -851,7 +851,11 @@ export const makeRouter = <
           }
         })
       )
-      .pipe(Layer.provide(routers.map((r) => r.routes).flat() as unknown as NonEmptyArray<Layer.Layer.Any>))
+      .pipe(
+        routers.length
+          ? Layer.provide(routers.map((r) => r.routes).flat() as unknown as NonEmptyArray<Layer.Layer.Any>)
+          : (_) => _
+      )
 
     return {
       layer: r as Layer.Layer<