diff --git a/public/app.tsx b/public/app.tsx
index e22adeeb..132bcc07 100644
--- a/public/app.tsx
+++ b/public/app.tsx
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@ import {
   Route,
   RouteComponentProps,
   Switch,
-  useLocation,
 } from 'react-router-dom';
-import {
-  EuiPageSideBar,
-  EuiSideNav,
-  EuiFlexGroup,
-  EuiFlexItem,
-} from '@elastic/eui';
-import { Navigation, APP_PATH } from './utils';
+import { EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { APP_PATH } from './utils';
 import {
   Workflows,
   WorkflowDetail,
@@ -24,52 +18,17 @@ import {
   WorkflowsRouterProps,
 } from './pages';
 import { MountPoint } from '../../../src/core/public';
-import {
-  constructHrefWithDataSourceId,
-  getDataSourceFromURL,
-} from './utils/utils';
 
 // styling
 import './global-styles.scss';
 
 interface Props extends RouteComponentProps {
   setHeaderActionMenu: (menuMount?: MountPoint) => void;
-  hideInAppSideNavBar: boolean;
 }
 
 export const FlowFrameworkDashboardsApp = (props: Props) => {
-  const { setHeaderActionMenu, hideInAppSideNavBar } = props;
-  const location = useLocation();
-  const queryParams = getDataSourceFromURL(location);
-  const dataSourceId = queryParams.dataSourceId;
-  const sidebar = (
-    <EuiPageSideBar
-      style={{ minWidth: 190 }}
-      hidden={hideInAppSideNavBar}
-      paddingSize="l"
-    >
-      <EuiSideNav
-        style={{ width: 190 }}
-        items={[
-          {
-            name: Navigation.PluginName,
-            id: 0,
-            items: [
-              {
-                name: Navigation.Workflows,
-                id: 1,
-                href: constructHrefWithDataSourceId(
-                  APP_PATH.WORKFLOWS,
-                  dataSourceId
-                ),
-                isSelected: props.location.pathname === APP_PATH.WORKFLOWS,
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-        ]}
-      />
-    </EuiPageSideBar>
-  );
+  const { setHeaderActionMenu } = props;
+
 
   // Render the application DOM.
   return (
@@ -78,7 +37,6 @@ export const FlowFrameworkDashboardsApp = (props: Props) => {
       gutterSize="none"
       className="stretch-relative"
     >
-      <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>{sidebar}</EuiFlexItem>
       <EuiFlexItem>
         <Switch>
           <Route
diff --git a/public/plugin.ts b/public/plugin.ts
index a5560066..877207f8 100644
--- a/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/public/plugin.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export class FlowFrameworkDashboardsPlugin
     core: CoreSetup,
     plugins: any
   ): FlowFrameworkDashboardsPluginSetup {
-    const hideInAppSideNavBar = core.chrome.navGroup.getNavGroupEnabled();
     // Register the plugin in the side navigation
     core.application.register({
       id: PLUGIN_ID,
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ export class FlowFrameworkDashboardsPlugin
         setCore(coreStart);
         setHeaderActionMenu(params.setHeaderActionMenu);
         setRouteService(routeServices);
-        return renderApp(coreStart, params, hideInAppSideNavBar);
+        return renderApp(coreStart, params);
       },
     });
     core.chrome.navGroup.addNavLinksToGroup(DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS.search, [
diff --git a/public/render_app.tsx b/public/render_app.tsx
index 80639003..c21e2d3d 100644
--- a/public/render_app.tsx
+++ b/public/render_app.tsx
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ import { store } from './store';
 // styling
 import './global-styles.scss';
 
-export const renderApp = (
-  coreStart: CoreStart,
-  params: AppMountParameters,
-  hideInAppSideNavBar: boolean
-) => {
+export const renderApp = (coreStart: CoreStart, params: AppMountParameters) => {
   // This is so our base element stretches to fit the entire webpage
   params.element.className = 'stretch-absolute';
   ReactDOM.render(
@@ -28,7 +24,6 @@ export const renderApp = (
           render={(props) => (
             <FlowFrameworkDashboardsApp
               setHeaderActionMenu={params.setHeaderActionMenu}
-              hideInAppSideNavBar={hideInAppSideNavBar}
               {...props}
             />
           )}