diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx
index 3b8a2df2aec..f00cc4913f8 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx
@@ -1,50 +1,51 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import SideMenuDropDown from './SideMenuDropDown';
 
-const setup = (propOverrides?: object) => {
-  const props = Object.assign(
+describe('SideMenuDropDown', () => {
+  const mockHeaderText = 'MyHeaderText';
+  const mockHeaderUrl = '/route';
+  const mockOnHeaderClick = jest.fn();
+  const mockItems = [
     {
-      link: {
-        text: 'link',
-      },
+      text: 'First link',
     },
-    propOverrides
-  );
+    {
+      text: 'Second link',
+    },
+  ];
 
-  return shallow(<SideMenuDropDown {...props} />);
-};
-
-describe('Render', () => {
-  it('should render component', () => {
-    const wrapper = setup();
-
-    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  it('displays the header text', () => {
+    render(<SideMenuDropDown headerText={mockHeaderText} />);
+    const text = screen.getByText(mockHeaderText);
+    expect(text).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should render children', () => {
-    const wrapper = setup({
-      link: {
-        text: 'link',
-        children: [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }],
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  it('attaches the link to the header text if provided', () => {
+    render(
+      <BrowserRouter>
+        <SideMenuDropDown headerText={mockHeaderText} headerUrl={mockHeaderUrl} />
+      </BrowserRouter>
+    );
+    const link = screen.getByRole('link', { name: mockHeaderText });
+    expect(link).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should not render hideFromMenu children', () => {
-    const wrapper = setup({
-      link: {
-        text: 'link',
-        children: [
-          { id: 1, hideFromMenu: false },
-          { id: 2, hideFromMenu: true },
-          { id: 3, hideFromMenu: false },
-        ],
-      },
-    });
+  it('calls the onHeaderClick function when the header is clicked', () => {
+    render(<SideMenuDropDown headerText={mockHeaderText} onHeaderClick={mockOnHeaderClick} />);
+    const text = screen.getByText(mockHeaderText);
+    expect(text).toBeInTheDocument();
+    userEvent.click(text);
+    expect(mockOnHeaderClick).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 
-    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  it('displays the items', () => {
+    render(<SideMenuDropDown headerText={mockHeaderText} items={mockItems} />);
+    mockItems.forEach(({ text }) => {
+      const childItem = screen.getByText(text);
+      expect(childItem).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx
index d0b4fd9fbc7..3387f20ef43 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx
@@ -1,44 +1,41 @@
-import React, { FC } from 'react';
-import { filter } from 'lodash';
+import React from 'react';
 import DropDownChild from './DropDownChild';
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import { IconName, Link } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 interface Props {
-  link: NavModelItem;
+  items?: NavModelItem[];
+  headerText: string;
+  headerUrl?: string;
   onHeaderClick?: () => void;
 }
 
-const SideMenuDropDown: FC<Props> = (props) => {
-  const { link, onHeaderClick } = props;
-  let childrenLinks: NavModelItem[] = [];
-  if (link.children) {
-    childrenLinks = filter(link.children, (item) => !item.hideFromMenu);
-  }
-
-  const linkContent = <span className="sidemenu-item-text">{link.text}</span>;
-  const anchor = link.url ? (
-    <Link href={link.url} onClick={onHeaderClick} className="side-menu-header-link">
-      {linkContent}
+const SideMenuDropDown = ({ items = [], headerText, headerUrl, onHeaderClick }: Props) => {
+  const headerContent = <span className="sidemenu-item-text">{headerText}</span>;
+  const header = headerUrl ? (
+    <Link href={headerUrl} onClick={onHeaderClick} className="side-menu-header-link">
+      {headerContent}
     </Link>
   ) : (
     <a onClick={onHeaderClick} className="side-menu-header-link">
-      {linkContent}
+      {headerContent}
     </a>
   );
 
   return (
     <ul className="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu--sidemenu" role="menu">
-      <li className="side-menu-header">{anchor}</li>
-      {childrenLinks.map((child, index) => (
-        <DropDownChild
-          key={`${child.url}-${index}`}
-          isDivider={child.divider}
-          icon={child.icon as IconName}
-          text={child.text}
-          url={child.url}
-        />
-      ))}
+      <li className="side-menu-header">{header}</li>
+      {items
+        .filter((item) => !item.hideFromMenu)
+        .map((child, index) => (
+          <DropDownChild
+            key={`${child.url}-${index}`}
+            isDivider={child.divider}
+            icon={child.icon as IconName}
+            text={child.text}
+            url={child.url}
+          />
+        ))}
     </ul>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/TopSectionItem.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/TopSectionItem.tsx
index ef05287d8c6..19c8f63715d 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/TopSectionItem.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/TopSectionItem.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const TopSectionItem: FC<Props> = ({ link, onClick }) => {
   return (
     <div className="sidemenu-item dropdown">
       {anchor}
-      <SideMenuDropDown link={link} onHeaderClick={onClick} />
+      <SideMenuDropDown items={link.children} headerText={link.text} headerUrl={link.url} onHeaderClick={onClick} />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 250429f688d..00000000000
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`Render should not render hideFromMenu children 1`] = `
-<ul
-  className="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu--sidemenu"
-  role="menu"
->
-  <li
-    className="side-menu-header"
-  >
-    <a
-      className="side-menu-header-link"
-    >
-      <span
-        className="sidemenu-item-text"
-      >
-        link
-      </span>
-    </a>
-  </li>
-  <DropDownChild
-    key="undefined-0"
-  />
-  <DropDownChild
-    key="undefined-1"
-  />
-</ul>
-`;
-
-exports[`Render should render children 1`] = `
-<ul
-  className="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu--sidemenu"
-  role="menu"
->
-  <li
-    className="side-menu-header"
-  >
-    <a
-      className="side-menu-header-link"
-    >
-      <span
-        className="sidemenu-item-text"
-      >
-        link
-      </span>
-    </a>
-  </li>
-  <DropDownChild
-    key="undefined-0"
-  />
-  <DropDownChild
-    key="undefined-1"
-  />
-  <DropDownChild
-    key="undefined-2"
-  />
-</ul>
-`;
-
-exports[`Render should render component 1`] = `
-<ul
-  className="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu--sidemenu"
-  role="menu"
->
-  <li
-    className="side-menu-header"
-  >
-    <a
-      className="side-menu-header-link"
-    >
-      <span
-        className="sidemenu-item-text"
-      >
-        link
-      </span>
-    </a>
-  </li>
-</ul>
-`;