diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/components/navbar/navbar.html b/zeppelin-web/src/components/navbar/navbar.html
index ebc7dfbc35d..361149e09a3 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/components/navbar/navbar.html
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/components/navbar/navbar.html
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
-  -->
+-->
+
 <script type="text/ng-template" id="notebook_list_renderer.html">
   <a ng-if="note.id" href="#/notebook/{{note.id}}">{{noteName(note)}} </a>
   <li ng-if="!note.id"
@@ -43,10 +44,7 @@
             <li class="divider"></li>
             <div id="notebook-list" class="scrollbar-container">
               <li class="filter-names" ng-include="'components/filterNoteNames/filter-note-names.html'"></li>
-              <li ng-repeat="note in navbar.notes.list | filter:query | orderBy:navbar.arrayOrderingSrv.notebookListOrdering track by $index"
-                  ng-class="{'active' : navbar.isActive(note.id)}">
-                <a href="#/notebook/{{note.id}}">{{noteName(note)}} </a>
-              <li ng-repeat="note in navbar.notes.root.children track by $index" ng-class="{'active' : navbar.isActive(note.id)}" ng-include="'notebook_list_renderer.html'">
+              <li ng-repeat="note in navbar.notes.root.children | filter:query track by $index" ng-class="{'active' : navbar.isActive(note.id)}" ng-include="'notebook_list_renderer.html'">
               </li>
             </div>
           </ul>