diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs
index 73ffec0dd4e..a4188e6b203 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ pub(super) fn write_shared(
     )?;
     write_minify("search.js", static_files::SEARCH_JS)?;
     write_minify("settings.js", static_files::SETTINGS_JS)?;
-    write_minify("sidebar-items.js", static_files::sidebar::ITEMS)?;
 
     if cx.shared.include_sources {
         write_minify("source-script.js", static_files::sidebar::SOURCE_SCRIPT)?;
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/sidebar-items.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/sidebar-items.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 256cd2740a0..00000000000
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/sidebar-items.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/* global initSidebarItems */
-initSidebarItems({});
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
index 0e4fb086a15..ca7e5ef8150 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,4 @@ crate mod noto_sans_kr {
 crate mod sidebar {
     /// File script to handle sidebar.
     crate static SOURCE_SCRIPT: &str = include_str!("static/source-script.js");
-
-    /// Top Level sidebar items script which will load a sidebar without items.
-    crate static ITEMS: &str = include_str!("static/sidebar-items.js");
 }