diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.test.ts b/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.test.ts
index 4f67743c2a6..c696d65a4d3 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.test.ts
@@ -144,22 +144,5 @@ describe('breadcrumb utils', () => {
         { text: 'My page', href: '/my-page' },
       ]);
     });
-
-    it('Should add breadcrumbs for child pages that have not set parentItem', () => {
-      const pageNav: NavModelItem = {
-        text: 'My page',
-        url: '/my-page',
-        children: [
-          { text: 'A', url: '/a', active: true },
-          { text: 'B', url: '/b' },
-        ],
-      };
-
-      expect(buildBreadcrumbs(mockHomeNav, pageNav, mockHomeNav)).toEqual([
-        { text: 'Home', href: '/home' },
-        { text: 'My page', href: '/my-page' },
-        { text: 'A', href: '/a' },
-      ]);
-    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts b/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts
index ff3bd2ca806..bb4b686ed40 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts
@@ -30,18 +30,7 @@ export function buildBreadcrumbs(sectionNav: NavModelItem, pageNav?: NavModelIte
   }
 
   if (pageNav) {
-    if (pageNav.url && pageNav.children) {
-      const child = pageNav.children.find((child) => child.active);
-      if (child) {
-        addCrumbs(child);
-        // Some pages set up children but they are not connected to parent pageNav
-        if (child.parentItem !== pageNav) {
-          addCrumbs(pageNav);
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      addCrumbs(pageNav);
-    }
+    addCrumbs(pageNav);
   }
 
   addCrumbs(sectionNav);