diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/App.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/App.tsx
index 15daad79a..d216447f3 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/App.tsx
@@ -643,18 +643,6 @@ const filterSidebarByPermission = (
         return true;
       });
 
-  // Recursive: a group's own permission gates the whole subtree, leaves are
-  // checked individually, and a group with no surviving children disappears.
-  const filterItems = (items: SidebarItem[]): SidebarItem[] =>
-    items.flatMap((item) => {
-      if (item.children?.length) {
-        if (item.permission && !permissionAllowed(item)) return [];
-        const children = filterItems(item.children);
-        return children.length ? [{ ...item, children }] : [];
-      }
-      return itemAllowed(item) ? [item] : [];
-    });
-
   return sections
     .map((section) => ({
       ...section,