diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/agentsVoice/browser/media/voiceModeOnboarding.css b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/agentsVoice/browser/media/voiceModeOnboarding.css
index 4506c78f30464b..2cd4bdddc8e8c8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/agentsVoice/browser/media/voiceModeOnboarding.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/agentsVoice/browser/media/voiceModeOnboarding.css
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@
 	transition: border-color 100ms ease-out;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A single microphone is no choice, so the row hides itself. The `display: flex`
+ * above outweighs the `[hidden]` attribute's own rule, so it has to be undone
+ * here - otherwise an empty bordered box is left where the picker would be.
+ */
+.voice-mode-onboarding-microphone-picker[hidden] {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 .voice-mode-onboarding-microphone-picker:hover {
 	border-color: var(--vscode-focusBorder);
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/speechToText/media/dictationOnboarding.css b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/speechToText/media/dictationOnboarding.css
index 5c861b26f2fe8c..30a43c3d1d58d4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/speechToText/media/dictationOnboarding.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/speechToText/media/dictationOnboarding.css
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@
 	transition: border-color 100ms ease-out;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A single microphone is no choice, so the row hides itself. The `display: flex`
+ * above outweighs the `[hidden]` attribute's own rule, so it has to be undone
+ * here - otherwise an empty bordered box is left where the picker would be.
+ */
+.dictation-onboarding-picker[hidden] {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 .dictation-onboarding-picker:hover {
 	border-color: var(--vscode-focusBorder);
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/dictationOnboarding.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/dictationOnboarding.test.ts
index 5d870ff1b285c5..931273c559786c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/dictationOnboarding.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/test/browser/dictationOnboarding.test.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,52 @@ suite('Dictation onboarding', () => {
 			});
 	});
 
+	test('omits the microphone picker entirely when there is only one microphone', async () => {
+		const host = createHost(disposables);
+		const mediaDevices = Object.assign(new EventTarget(), {
+			enumerateDevices: async () => [
+				// One physical microphone, reported alongside the virtual default
+				// entry that duplicates it - so after normalization there is a
+				// single choice and the row has no picking to do.
+				device('audioinput', 'default', 'Default - Studio Mic'),
+				device('audioinput', 'studio', 'Studio Mic'),
+			],
+			getUserMedia: async (): Promise<MediaStream> => {
+				throw new Error('Automatic onboarding must not acquire a stream');
+			},
+		});
+		const instantiationService = workbenchInstantiationService(undefined, disposables);
+		const banner = disposables.add(instantiationService.createInstance(DictationOnboardingBanner, {
+			container: host.container,
+			onDismiss: () => { },
+			previewMicrophone: false,
+			source: 'automatic',
+		}, mediaDevices));
+
+		const analyser = new class extends mock<AnalyserNode>() {
+			override readonly fftSize = 256;
+			override getByteTimeDomainData(array: Uint8Array): void {
+				array.fill(128);
+			}
+		};
+		await banner.refreshMicrophones(analyser, async () => analyser);
+
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(
+			{
+				pickerHidden: host.container.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.dictation-onboarding-picker')?.hidden,
+				// Neither a dropdown nor the microphone's name is shown.
+				selects: host.container.querySelectorAll('.dictation-onboarding-picker select').length,
+				pickerText: host.container.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.dictation-onboarding-picker')?.textContent,
+				hasWaveform: host.container.querySelector('.dictation-onboarding-waveform') !== null,
+			},
+			{
+				pickerHidden: true,
+				selects: 0,
+				pickerText: '',
+				hasWaveform: true,
+			});
+	});
+
 	test('escape dismisses the card', () => {
 		const service = createService(disposables);
 		const host = createHost(disposables);