diff --git a/web/app/js/components/Sidebar.jsx b/web/app/js/components/Sidebar.jsx
index 5d0fdedc0..aafec529c 100644
--- a/web/app/js/components/Sidebar.jsx
+++ b/web/app/js/components/Sidebar.jsx
@@ -1,78 +1,15 @@
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import { getPodsByDeployment } from './util/MetricUtils.js';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import logo from './../../img/reversed_logo.png';
+import { Menu } from 'antd';
 import React from 'react';
 import SocialLinks from './SocialLinks.jsx';
 import Version from './Version.jsx';
-import { AutoComplete, Menu } from 'antd';
 import './../../css/sidebar.css';
 
-const searchBarWidth = 240;
-
 export default class Sidebar extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.api = this.props.api;
-    this.filterDeployments = this.filterDeployments.bind(this);
-    this.onAutocompleteSelect = this.onAutocompleteSelect.bind(this);
-    this.loadFromServer = this.loadFromServer.bind(this);
-
-    this.state = {
-      pollingInterval: 10000, // longer, this doesn't need to be updated as often
-      pendingRequests: false,
-      autocompleteValue: '',
-      deployments: [],
-      filteredDeployments: []
-    };
-  }
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    this.loadFromServer();
-    this.timerId = window.setInterval(this.loadFromServer, this.state.pollingInterval);
-  }
-
-  componentWillUnmount() {
-    window.clearInterval(this.timerId);
-  }
-
-  loadFromServer() {
-    if (this.state.pendingRequests) {
-      return; // don't make more requests if the ones we sent haven't completed
-    }
-    this.setState({ pendingRequests: true });
-
-    this.api.fetchPods().promise.then(r => {
-      let deploys =  _.map(getPodsByDeployment(r.pods), 'name');
-
-      this.setState({
-        pendingRequests: false,
-        deployments: deploys,
-        filteredDeployments: deploys
-      });
-    }).catch(this.handleApiError);
-  }
-
-  handleApiError(e) {
-    console.warn(e.message);
-  }
-
-  onAutocompleteSelect(deployment) {
-    let pathToDeploymentPage = `${this.props.pathPrefix}/deployment?deploy=${deployment}`;
-    this.props.history.push(pathToDeploymentPage);
-    this.setState({
-      autocompleteValue: '',
-      filteredDeployments: this.state.deployments
-    });
-  }
-
-  filterDeployments(search) {
-    this.setState({
-      autocompleteValue: search,
-      filteredDeployments: _.filter(this.state.deployments, d => {
-        return d.indexOf(search) !== -1;
-      })
-    });
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -86,15 +23,6 @@ export default class Sidebar extends React.Component {
             <ConduitLink to="/servicemesh"><img src={logo} /></ConduitLink>
           </div>
 
-          <AutoComplete
-            className="conduit-autocomplete"
-            value={this.state.autocompleteValue}
-            dataSource={this.state.filteredDeployments}
-            style={{ width: searchBarWidth }}
-            onSelect={this.onAutocompleteSelect}
-            onSearch={this.filterDeployments}
-            placeholder="Search by deployment" />
-
           <Menu className="sidebar-menu" theme="dark" selectedKeys={[normalizedPath]}>
             <Menu.Item className="sidebar-menu-item" key="/servicemesh">
               <ConduitLink to="/servicemesh">Service mesh</ConduitLink>