diff --git a/apps/dot_ext/views/authorization.py b/apps/dot_ext/views/authorization.py
index f0abc7e26..dd63ba8a4 100644
--- a/apps/dot_ext/views/authorization.py
+++ b/apps/dot_ext/views/authorization.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     IntrospectTokenView as DotIntrospectTokenView,
 )
 from oauth2_provider.models import get_application_model
+from oauthlib.oauth2 import AccessDeniedError
 from oauthlib.oauth2.rfc6749.errors import InvalidClientError, InvalidGrantError
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 import html
@@ -179,13 +180,19 @@ def form_valid(self, form):
         refresh_token_delete_cnt = 0
 
         try:
+            if not scopes:
+                # Since the create_authorization_response will re-inject scopes even when none are
+                # valid, we want to pre-emptively treat this as an error case
+                raise OAuthToolkitError(
+                    error=AccessDeniedError(state=credentials.get("state", None)), redirect_uri=credentials["redirect_uri"]
+                )
             uri, headers, body, status = self.create_authorization_response(
                 request=self.request, scopes=scopes, credentials=credentials, allow=allow
             )
         except OAuthToolkitError as error:
             response = self.error_response(error, application)
 
-            if allow is False:
+            if allow is False or not scopes:
                 (data_access_grant_delete_cnt,
                  access_token_delete_cnt,
                  refresh_token_delete_cnt) = remove_application_user_pair_tokens_data_access(application, self.request.user)