diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 325608105..3cef3a215 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -64,16 +64,6 @@ job-references:
       WP_TITLE: Greenpeace Base Development
 
 jobs:
-  php74-tests:
-    <<: *php_job
-    docker:
-      - image: greenpeaceinternational/p4-unit-tests:php7.4
-        auth:
-          <<: *docker_auth
-      - image: cimg/mysql:5.7
-        auth:
-          <<: *docker_auth
-
   php81-tests:
     <<: *php_job
     docker:
@@ -367,8 +357,6 @@ workflow_definitions:
 workflows:
   branch:
     jobs:
-      - php74-tests:
-          <<: *on_pr
       - php81-tests:
           <<: *on_pr
       - frontend-tests:
diff --git a/classes/search/block/sql/class-like.php b/classes/search/block/sql/class-like.php
index 8598b69a5..8e9d4b029 100644
--- a/classes/search/block/sql/class-like.php
+++ b/classes/search/block/sql/class-like.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public function __toString(): string {
 
 		if ( 'core' === $block_ns ) {
 			$block = '%';
-		} elseif ( 0 === strpos( $block_name, 'core/' ) ) {
+		} elseif ( $block_name && 0 === strpos( $block_name, 'core/' ) ) {
 			$block = explode( '/', $block_name )[1];
 		} else {
 			$name  = $block_name ? $block_name : '%';