diff --git a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheck.php b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheck.php
index 85a9152274..59a7b35b07 100644
--- a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheck.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheck.php
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ abstract class PhabricatorSetupCheck {
     $issue = id(new PhabricatorSetupIssue())
       ->setIssueKey($key);
     $this->issues[$key] = $issue;
-    $issue->setGroup($this->getDefaultGroup());
+
+    if ($this->getDefaultGroup()) {
+      $issue->setGroup($this->getDefaultGroup());
+    }
 
     return $issue;
   }
@@ -28,6 +31,10 @@ abstract class PhabricatorSetupCheck {
     return $this->issues;
   }
 
+  public function getDefaultGroup() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   final public function runSetupChecks() {
     $this->issues = array();
     $this->executeChecks();