diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.test.tsx
index 6a15ca5b23f..ab8c0027a15 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.test.tsx
@@ -1,35 +1,48 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import DropDownChild from './DropDownChild';
 
-const setup = (propOverrides?: object) => {
-  const props = Object.assign(
-    {
-      child: {
-        divider: true,
-      },
-    },
-    propOverrides
-  );
+describe('DropDownChild', () => {
+  const mockText = 'MyChildItem';
+  const mockUrl = '/route';
+  const mockIcon = 'home-alt';
 
-  return shallow(<DropDownChild {...props} />);
-};
-
-describe('Render', () => {
-  it('should render component', () => {
-    const wrapper = setup();
-
-    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  it('displays the text', () => {
+    render(<DropDownChild text={mockText} />);
+    const text = screen.getByText(mockText);
+    expect(text).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should render icon if exists', () => {
-    const wrapper = setup({
-      child: {
-        divider: false,
-        icon: 'icon-test',
-      },
-    });
+  it('attaches the link to the text if provided', () => {
+    render(
+      <BrowserRouter>
+        <DropDownChild text={mockText} url={mockUrl} />
+      </BrowserRouter>
+    );
+    const link = screen.getByRole('link', { name: mockText });
+    expect(link).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 
-    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  it('displays an icon if a valid icon is provided', () => {
+    render(<DropDownChild text={mockText} icon={mockIcon} />);
+    const icon = screen.getByTestId('dropdown-child-icon');
+    expect(icon).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('displays a divider instead when isDivider is true', () => {
+    render(<DropDownChild text={mockText} icon={mockIcon} url={mockUrl} isDivider />);
+
+    // Check the divider is shown
+    const divider = screen.getByTestId('dropdown-child-divider');
+    expect(divider).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    // Check nothing else is rendered
+    const text = screen.queryByText(mockText);
+    const icon = screen.queryByTestId('dropdown-child-icon');
+    const link = screen.queryByRole('link', { name: mockText });
+    expect(text).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(icon).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(link).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.tsx
index d6ddecddd66..4c6e2c59311 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/DropDownChild.tsx
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
-import React, { FC } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import { Icon, IconName, Link, useTheme } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Icon, IconName, Link, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 export interface Props {
-  child: any;
+  isDivider?: boolean;
+  icon?: IconName;
+  text: string;
+  url?: string;
 }
 
-const DropDownChild: FC<Props> = (props) => {
-  const { child } = props;
-  const listItemClassName = child.divider ? 'divider' : '';
-  const theme = useTheme();
+const DropDownChild = ({ isDivider = false, icon, text, url }: Props) => {
+  const theme = useTheme2();
   const iconClassName = css`
-    margin-right: ${theme.spacing.sm};
+    margin-right: ${theme.spacing(1)};
   `;
 
   const linkContent = (
     <>
-      {child.icon && <Icon name={child.icon as IconName} className={iconClassName} />}
-      {child.text}
+      {icon && <Icon data-testid="dropdown-child-icon" name={icon} className={iconClassName} />}
+      {text}
     </>
   );
 
-  const anchor = child.url ? <Link href={child.url}>{linkContent}</Link> : <a>{linkContent}</a>;
+  const anchor = url ? <Link href={url}>{linkContent}</Link> : <a>{linkContent}</a>;
 
-  return <li className={listItemClassName}>{anchor}</li>;
+  return isDivider ? <li data-testid="dropdown-child-divider" className="divider" /> : <li>{anchor}</li>;
 };
 
 export default DropDownChild;
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx
index 58cb902cd28..d0b4fd9fbc7 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenuDropDown.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { FC } from 'react';
 import { filter } from 'lodash';
 import DropDownChild from './DropDownChild';
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Link } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { IconName, Link } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 interface Props {
   link: NavModelItem;
@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@ const SideMenuDropDown: FC<Props> = (props) => {
   return (
     <ul className="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu--sidemenu" role="menu">
       <li className="side-menu-header">{anchor}</li>
-      {childrenLinks.map((child, index) => {
-        return <DropDownChild child={child} key={`${child.url}-${index}`} />;
-      })}
+      {childrenLinks.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/__snapshots__/DropDownChild.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/DropDownChild.test.tsx.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c5cd7f16c4..00000000000
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/DropDownChild.test.tsx.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`Render should render component 1`] = `
-<li
-  className="divider"
->
-  <a />
-</li>
-`;
-
-exports[`Render should render icon if exists 1`] = `
-<li
-  className=""
->
-  <a>
-    <Icon
-      className="css-290ig"
-      name="icon-test"
-    />
-  </a>
-</li>
-`;
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx.snap
index d5f6440b899..250429f688d 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/__snapshots__/SideMenuDropDown.test.tsx.snap
@@ -19,21 +19,9 @@ exports[`Render should not render hideFromMenu children 1`] = `
     </a>
   </li>
   <DropDownChild
-    child={
-      Object {
-        "hideFromMenu": false,
-        "id": 1,
-      }
-    }
     key="undefined-0"
   />
   <DropDownChild
-    child={
-      Object {
-        "hideFromMenu": false,
-        "id": 3,
-      }
-    }
     key="undefined-1"
   />
 </ul>
@@ -58,27 +46,12 @@ exports[`Render should render children 1`] = `
     </a>
   </li>
   <DropDownChild
-    child={
-      Object {
-        "id": 1,
-      }
-    }
     key="undefined-0"
   />
   <DropDownChild
-    child={
-      Object {
-        "id": 2,
-      }
-    }
     key="undefined-1"
   />
   <DropDownChild
-    child={
-      Object {
-        "id": 3,
-      }
-    }
     key="undefined-2"
   />
 </ul>