diff --git a/app/main/views/notifications.py b/app/main/views/notifications.py
index c1dcc884e..4341e53aa 100644
--- a/app/main/views/notifications.py
+++ b/app/main/views/notifications.py
@@ -101,13 +101,11 @@ def view_notification(service_id, notification_id):
     show_cancel_button = notification['notification_type'] == 'letter' and \
         letter_can_be_cancelled(notification['status'], notification_created)
 
-    if get_help_argument():
-        back_link = url_for(
-            'main.send_test',
-            service_id=current_service.id,
-            template_id=template.id,
-            help='2',
-        )
+    if get_help_argument() or request.args.get('help') == '0':
+        # help=0 is set when you’ve just sent a notification. We
+        # only want to show the back link when you’ve navigated to a
+        # notification, not when you’ve just sent it.
+        back_link = None
     elif request.args.get('from_job'):
         back_link = url_for(
             'main.view_job',
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
index e9cc9d8aa..1e02c0077 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
@@ -125,22 +125,16 @@ def test_notification_status_page_respects_redaction(
         partial(url_for, 'main.view_job', job_id='job_id'),
     ),
     (
-        {'help': '0'},  # not a valid help step
-        partial(url_for, 'main.view_notifications', message_type='sms', status='sending,delivered,failed'),
-    ),
-    (
-        {'help': '0', 'from_job': 'job_id'},
-        partial(url_for, 'main.view_job', job_id='job_id'),
+        {'help': '0'},
+        None,
     ),
     (
         {'help': '1'},
-        partial(
-            url_for,
-            'main.send_test',
-            service_id=SERVICE_ONE_ID,
-            template_id='5407f4db-51c7-4150-8758-35412d42186a',
-            help='2'
-        ),
+        None,
+    ),
+    (
+        {'help': '2'},
+        None,
     ),
 ])
 def test_notification_status_shows_expected_back_link(