diff --git a/lib/db.ts b/lib/db.ts
index c062186..4c7f9ab 100644
--- a/lib/db.ts
+++ b/lib/db.ts
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ export async function fetchUserById(id: string) {
     .findOne(
       { _id: id },
       {
-        projection: {
-          relations: (await hasPermissionFromSession("users/fetch/relations"))
-            ? 1
-            : 0,
-        },
+        projection: (await hasPermissionFromSession("users/fetch/relations"))
+          ? undefined
+          : {
+              relations: 0,
+            },
       }
     );
 }
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ export async function fetchUsersById(ids: string[]) {
     .find(
       { _id: { $in: ids } },
       {
-        projection: {
-          relations: (await hasPermissionFromSession("users/fetch/relations"))
-            ? 1
-            : 0,
-        },
+        projection: (await hasPermissionFromSession("users/fetch/relations"))
+          ? undefined
+          : {
+              relations: 0,
+            },
       }
     )
     .toArray();