SwiftUI: NavigationView/List with programmatic selection under macOS

I have a NavigationView/List combination that allows programmatic selection. The basic concept is similar to the one described here: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftui/how-to-use-programmatic-navigation-in-swiftui

With so many things, this works fine on iOS, but on macOS there's an issue: the EmptyView from the NavigationView becomes visible as soon as an item is selected:

Does anybody know how to remove this unwanted EmptyView()?

Here's a demo project:

struct ContentView: View {
    @ObservedObject private var state = State()

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            VStack {
                List(state.items, id: \.self, selection: $state.selected) { item in
                    Text(item)
                        .buttonStyle(.borderless)
                }

                // navigation to the detail view if an item is selected
                if let selected = state.selected {
                    NavigationLink(
                        destination: Text(selected),
                        isActive: state.hasSelectionBinding
                    ) {
                        EmptyView()
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

class State: ObservableObject {
    @Published var items: [String] = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"]
    @Published var selected: String?

    var hasSelectionBinding: Binding<Bool> {
        Binding(
            get: { self.selected != nil },
            set: {
                if $0 == false {
                    self.selected = nil
                }
            }
        )
    }
}

EDIT 1: I've tried putting the NavigationLink into a background modifier on the stack, but now the "Empty View" appears next to "Item 3":

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            VStack {
                List(state.items, id: \.self, selection: $state.selected) { item in
                    Text(item)
                        .buttonStyle(.borderless)
                }
                
            }
            .background(Group {
                // navigation to the detail view if an item is selected
                if let selected = state.selected {
                    NavigationLink(
                        destination: Text(selected),
                        isActive: state.hasSelectionBinding
                    ) {
                        EmptyView()
                    }
                }
                
            })
        }
    }