diff --git a/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/ItineraryModal.tsx b/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/ItineraryModal.tsx
index 40f67b5916e..45c478382b1 100644
--- a/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/ItineraryModal.tsx
+++ b/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/ItineraryModal.tsx
@@ -126,15 +126,14 @@ const ItineraryModal = ({
     commitSelectionForStep(stepId, formatChosenValue(suggestion, chosenCh));
     resetOpSuggestions();
   };
-
-  const isOnlyStep = pathSteps.filter((s) => !isEmptyStep(s, getInputForStep(s.id))).length <= 1;
+  const hasSingleStepWithTrailing =
+    pathSteps.length === 2 && isEmptyStep(pathSteps[1], getInputForStep(pathSteps[1].id));
 
   const hasInvalidPathStep = pathSteps.some((step) => {
     if (isEmptyStep(step, getInputForStep(step.id))) return false;
     const meta = pathStepsMetadataById.get(step.id);
     return !meta || meta.isInvalid;
   });
-
   const handleDeletePathStep = (stepId: string) => {
     resetOpSuggestions();
 
@@ -482,7 +481,6 @@ const ItineraryModal = ({
                       (isInvalid || !!previousPathStepMetadata?.isInvalid)
                     }
                     onDelete={() => {
-                      if (isOnlyStep) return;
                       handleDeletePathStep(pathStep.id);
                     }}
                     onOpFocus={() => markEditing(pathStep.id)}
@@ -522,7 +520,7 @@ const ItineraryModal = ({
                     resetOpSuggestions={resetOpSuggestions}
                     connectorLong={hoveredGapIndex === i}
                     isTrailingPlaceHolder={isTrailingPlaceholder}
-                    isOnlyStep={isOnlyStep}
+                    hasSingleStepWithTrailing={hasSingleStepWithTrailing}
                     isInvalidAndIsEditing={isInvalid}
                   />
                 </>
diff --git a/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/PathStepItem.tsx b/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/PathStepItem.tsx
index 2b1776fa6ec..636964bdd60 100644
--- a/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/PathStepItem.tsx
+++ b/front/src/applications/operationalStudies/views/Scenario/components/ManageTimetableItem/Itinerary/PathStepItem.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type PathStepProps = {
   connectorLong: boolean;
   onDelete: () => void;
   isTrailingPlaceHolder: boolean;
-  isOnlyStep: boolean;
+  hasSingleStepWithTrailing: boolean;
 };
 
 const PathStepItem = ({
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const PathStepItem = ({
   connectorLong,
   onDelete,
   isTrailingPlaceHolder,
-  isOnlyStep,
+  hasSingleStepWithTrailing,
 }: PathStepProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation('operational-studies', {
     keyPrefix: 'manageTimetableItem.itineraryModal',
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ const PathStepItem = ({
           type="button"
           className={cx('path-step-counter', {
             invalid: isInvalidAndIsEditing,
-            'is-only-step': isOnlyStep,
+            'has-single-step-with-trailing': hasSingleStepWithTrailing,
             'is-trailing-placeholder': isTrailingPlaceHolder,
             index: isIndexed,
             'pathfinding-line': !hidePathfindingLine,
@@ -278,10 +278,11 @@ const PathStepItem = ({
           }}
         >
           <span className="counter">{!isTrailingPlaceHolder && index}</span>
-
-          <span className="remove-path-step-icon">
-            <X />
-          </span>
+          {!hasSingleStepWithTrailing && (
+            <span className="remove-path-step-icon">
+              <X />
+            </span>
+          )}
         </button>
 
         <div
diff --git a/front/src/styles/scss/applications/operationalStudies/_itineraryModal.scss b/front/src/styles/scss/applications/operationalStudies/_itineraryModal.scss
index 9cbdf346006..19bd1e116e8 100644
--- a/front/src/styles/scss/applications/operationalStudies/_itineraryModal.scss
+++ b/front/src/styles/scss/applications/operationalStudies/_itineraryModal.scss
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@
             padding-bottom: 14px;
           }
 
-          .path-step-counter:not(.is-only-step):not(.is-trailing-placeholder):hover {
+          .path-step-counter:not(.is-trailing-placeholder):not(
+              .has-single-step-with-trailing
+            ):hover {
             opacity: 1;
             background-color: var(--error60) !important;
 
@@ -287,7 +289,9 @@
               background-color: var(--white100);
               margin-right: 4px;
               z-index: 1;
-
+              &.has-single-step-with-trailing {
+                pointer-events: none;
+              }
               &.pathfinding-line::before {
                 content: '';
                 position: absolute;
@@ -335,9 +339,7 @@
                 background-color: var(--error60);
                 border-color: var(--error30);
               }
-              &.is-only-step {
-                pointer-events: none;
-              }
+
               &.is-trailing-placeholder {
                 pointer-events: none;
               }