diff --git a/addons/api/mirage/config.js b/addons/api/mirage/config.js
index 0fd3244a9..951956a46 100644
--- a/addons/api/mirage/config.js
+++ b/addons/api/mirage/config.js
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ function routes() {
         });
       }
       const filteredResultSet = resultSet.filter(makeBooleanFilter(filter));
-      // add a list_token to the response to simulate pagination
-      // without having list_token, the unsupported controller modal
+      // add a response_type to the response to simulate pagination
+      // without having response_type, the unsupported controller modal
       // will show when running with mirage
-      return { items: filteredResultSet.models, list_token: '12345' };
+      return { items: filteredResultSet.models, response_type: 'complete' };
     },
   );
   this.post('/scopes', function ({ scopes }) {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js
index 1e8d011a1..dda345285 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ export default class ScopesRoute extends Route {
         page_size: 1,
         recursive: true,
       });
-      if (scopesCheck.list_token) {
+      // we use the response_type to determine if pagination is supported
+      // and this will still pass even if there are no scopes returned
+      if (scopesCheck.response_type) {
         this.isPaginationSupported = true;
       }
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/scopes-test.js b/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/scopes-test.js
index 8d6e1880a..33b236fcf 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/scopes-test.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/scopes-test.js
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ module('Acceptance | scopes', function (hooks) {
       return new Response(200, {}, META_DATA_RESPONSE);
     });
     this.server.get('/scopes', () => {
-      // no "list_token" field
+      // no "response_type" field
       return new Response(200, {}, { scopes: [] });
     });
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ module('Acceptance | scopes', function (hooks) {
       isLinux: false,
     });
     this.server.get('/scopes', () => {
-      // no "list_token" field
+      // no "response_type" field
       return new Response(200, {}, { scopes: [] });
     });
     this.server.get('https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/*', () => {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ module('Acceptance | scopes', function (hooks) {
       isLinux: true,
     });
     this.server.get('/scopes', () => {
-      // no "list_token" field
+      // no "response_type" field
       return new Response(200, {}, { scopes: [] });
     });
     this.server.get('https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/*', () => {
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ module('Acceptance | scopes', function (hooks) {
       isLinux: false,
     });
     this.server.get('/scopes', () => {
-      // no "list_token" field
+      // no "response_type" field
       return new Response(200, {}, { scopes: [] });
     });
     this.server.get('https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/*', () => {
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ module('Acceptance | scopes', function (hooks) {
       isLinux: false,
     });
     this.server.get('/scopes', () => {
-      // no "list_token" field
+      // no "response_type" field
       return new Response(200, {}, { scopes: [] });
     });
     this.server.get('https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/*', () => {