diff --git a/packages/amazonq/src/app/inline/EditRendering/svgGenerator.ts b/packages/amazonq/src/app/inline/EditRendering/svgGenerator.ts
index 6958be47f36..21293c3d577 100644
--- a/packages/amazonq/src/app/inline/EditRendering/svgGenerator.ts
+++ b/packages/amazonq/src/app/inline/EditRendering/svgGenerator.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const emptyDiffSvg = {
     originalCodeHighlightRange: [],
 }
 
+const defaultLineHighlightLength = 4
+
 export class SvgGenerationService {
     /**
      * Generates an SVG image representing a code diff
@@ -431,8 +433,12 @@ export class SvgGenerationService {
         for (let lineIndex = 0; lineIndex < originalCode.length; lineIndex++) {
             const line = originalCode[lineIndex]
 
+            /**
+             * If [line] is an empty line or only contains whitespace char, [diffWordsWithSpace] will say it's not an "remove", i.e. [part.removed] will be undefined,
+             * therefore the deletion will not be highlighted. Thus fallback this scenario to highlight the entire line
+             */
             // If line exists in modifiedLines as a key, process character diffs
-            if (Array.from(modifiedLines.keys()).includes(line)) {
+            if (Array.from(modifiedLines.keys()).includes(line) && line.trim().length > 0) {
                 const modifiedLine = modifiedLines.get(line)!
                 const changes = diffWordsWithSpace(line, modifiedLine)
 
@@ -455,7 +461,7 @@ export class SvgGenerationService {
                 originalRanges.push({
                     line: lineIndex,
                     start: 0,
-                    end: line.length,
+                    end: line.length ?? defaultLineHighlightLength,
                 })
             }
         }