diff --git a/webapp/components/sidebar.jsx b/webapp/components/sidebar.jsx
index be0fb205b4..d20fef603f 100644
--- a/webapp/components/sidebar.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/sidebar.jsx
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ export default class Sidebar extends React.Component {
             $('.sidebar--left .nav-pills__container').perfectScrollbar();
         }
 
-        this.refs.container.scrollTop = 0;
-        $('.nav-pills__container').perfectScrollbar('update');
-
         // close the LHS on mobile when you change channels
         if (this.state.activeId !== prevState.activeId) {
             $('.app__body .inner-wrap').removeClass('move--right');