diff --git a/app/components/DocumentExplorer.tsx b/app/components/DocumentExplorer.tsx
index b8209b5a1b..deea43782f 100644
--- a/app/components/DocumentExplorer.tsx
+++ b/app/components/DocumentExplorer.tsx
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ function DocumentExplorer({ onSubmit, onSelect, items, defaultValue }: Props) {
   const VERTICAL_PADDING = 6;
   const HORIZONTAL_PADDING = 24;
 
-  const recentlyViewedItemIds = documents.recentlyViewed
-    .slice(0, 5)
-    .map((item) => item.id);
-
   const searchIndex = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       new FuzzySearch(items, ["title"], {
@@ -130,7 +126,6 @@ function DocumentExplorer({ onSubmit, onSelect, items, defaultValue }: Props) {
     return searchTerm
       ? searchIndex.search(searchTerm)
       : items
-          .filter((item) => recentlyViewedItemIds.includes(item.id))
           .concat(
             items.filter((item) => item.type === NavigationNodeType.Collection)
           )