diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar.js
index 44479e77fba..c9fdd81ac42 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar.js
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ export default class Sidebar extends Component {
     if (this.site.mobileView) {
       document.addEventListener("click", this.collapseSidebar);
     }
-    // This appEvent handler is experimental and should not be relied on as an extension point yet.
-    this.appEvents.on("sidebar:scroll-to-element", this, this.#scrollToElement);
   }
 
   @bind
@@ -37,68 +35,9 @@ export default class Sidebar extends Component {
     }
   }
 
-  #scrollToElement(destinationElement) {
-    const topPadding = 10;
-
-    const sidebarContainerElement =
-      document.querySelector(".sidebar-container");
-
-    const distanceFromTop =
-      document.getElementsByClassName(destinationElement)[0].offsetTop -
-      topPadding;
-
-    this.#setMissingHeightForScroll(sidebarContainerElement, distanceFromTop);
-
-    sidebarContainerElement.scrollTop = distanceFromTop;
-  }
-
-  #setMissingHeightForScroll(sidebarContainerElement, distanceFromTop) {
-    const allSections = document.getElementsByClassName(
-      "sidebar-section-wrapper"
-    );
-
-    const lastSectionElement = allSections[allSections.length - 1];
-
-    const lastSectionBottomPadding = parseInt(
-      lastSectionElement.style.paddingBottom?.replace("px", "") || 0,
-      10
-    );
-
-    const headerOffset = parseInt(
-      document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue("--header-offset"),
-      10
-    );
-
-    let allSectionsHeight = 0;
-
-    for (const section of allSections) {
-      allSectionsHeight +=
-        section.clientHeight +
-        parseInt(
-          window.getComputedStyle(section).marginBottom.replace("px", ""),
-          10
-        );
-    }
-
-    const missingHeight =
-      sidebarContainerElement.clientHeight -
-      headerOffset +
-      lastSectionBottomPadding -
-      (allSectionsHeight - distanceFromTop);
-
-    lastSectionElement.style.paddingBottom =
-      missingHeight > 0 ? `${missingHeight}px` : null;
-  }
-
   willDestroy() {
     if (this.site.mobileView) {
       document.removeEventListener("click", this.collapseSidebar);
     }
-
-    this.appEvents.off(
-      "sidebar:scroll-to-element",
-      this,
-      this.#scrollToElement
-    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss
index 5c5ce133406..3badad0cbef 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/sidebar.scss
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     scrollbar-color: transparent var(--scrollbarBg);
     transition: scrollbar-color 0.25s ease-in-out;
     transition-delay: 0.5s;
-    scroll-behavior: smooth;
 
     &::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
       background-color: transparent;