diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeType.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeType.php
index 8684aed30a3..83c73a3588d 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeType.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeType.php
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ protected function buildFullConfiguration(): array
         }
         $this->fullConfiguration = Arrays::arrayMergeRecursiveOverrule($mergedConfiguration, $this->localConfiguration);
 
+        // Remove unset properties
+        $this->fullConfiguration['properties'] = array_filter($this->fullConfiguration['properties'], function ($propertyConfiguration) {
+            return $propertyConfiguration !== null;
+        });
+
         if (
             isset($this->fullConfiguration['childNodes'])
             && is_array($this->fullConfiguration['childNodes'])
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeTypeManager.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeTypeManager.php
index 9fa0f00408b..68051eab5fd 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeTypeManager.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/NodeType/NodeTypeManager.php
@@ -220,20 +220,6 @@ protected function loadNodeType(string $nodeTypeName, array &$completeNodeTypeCo
             );
         }
 
-        // Remove unset properties
-        $properties = [];
-        if (isset($nodeTypeConfiguration['properties']) && is_array($nodeTypeConfiguration['properties'])) {
-            $properties = $nodeTypeConfiguration['properties'];
-        }
-
-        $nodeTypeConfiguration['properties'] = array_filter($properties, function ($propertyConfiguration) {
-            return $propertyConfiguration !== null;
-        });
-
-        if ($nodeTypeConfiguration['properties'] === []) {
-            unset($nodeTypeConfiguration['properties']);
-        }
-
         $nodeType = new NodeType(
             NodeTypeName::fromString($nodeTypeName),
             $superTypes,
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/Command/NodeTypesCommandController.php b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/Command/NodeTypesCommandController.php
index faf64e498b4..a1071abdf3e 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/Command/NodeTypesCommandController.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/Command/NodeTypesCommandController.php
@@ -40,18 +40,24 @@ public function showCommand(string $nodeTypeName, ?string $path = null, string $
         $nodeTypeManager = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->get($contentRepositoryId)->getNodeTypeManager();
 
         if (!$nodeTypeManager->hasNodeType($nodeTypeName)) {
-            $this->outputLine('<b>NodeType "%s" was not found!</b>', [$nodeTypeName]);
+            $this->outputLine('<error>NodeType "%s" was not found!</error>', [$nodeTypeName]);
             $this->quit();
         }
 
         $nodeType = $nodeTypeManager->getNodeType($nodeTypeName);
+
+        if ($path && !$nodeType->hasConfiguration($path)) {
+            $this->outputLine('<b>NodeType "%s" does not have configuration "%s".</b>', [$nodeTypeName, $path]);
+            $this->quit();
+        }
+
         $yaml = Yaml::dump(
             $path
                 ? $nodeType->getConfiguration($path)
                 : [$nodeTypeName => $nodeType->getFullConfiguration()],
             99
         );
-        $this->outputLine('<b>NodeType Configuration "%s":</b>', [$nodeTypeName . ($path ? ("." . $path) : "")]);
+        $this->outputLine('<b>NodeType configuration "%s":</b>', [$nodeTypeName . ($path ? ("." . $path) : "")]);
         $this->outputLine();
         $this->outputLine($yaml);
         $this->outputLine();