diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.test.tsx
index f7b7df69cfc..6352833490a 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
 import { SideMenu } from './SideMenu';
 import appEvents from '../../app_events';
-import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 
 jest.mock('../../app_events', () => ({
   emit: jest.fn(),
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ jest.mock('app/core/services/context_srv', () => ({
     isGrafanaAdmin: false,
     isEditor: false,
     hasEditPermissionFolders: false,
-    toggleSideMenu: jest.fn(),
   },
 }));
 
@@ -54,20 +52,6 @@ describe('Render', () => {
 });
 
 describe('Functions', () => {
-  describe('toggle side menu', () => {
-    const wrapper = setup();
-    const instance = wrapper.instance() as SideMenu;
-    instance.toggleSideMenu();
-
-    it('should call contextSrv.toggleSideMenu', () => {
-      expect(contextSrv.toggleSideMenu).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
-    it('should emit toggle sidemenu event', () => {
-      expect(appEvents.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('toggle-sidemenu');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('toggle side menu on mobile', () => {
     const wrapper = setup();
     const instance = wrapper.instance() as SideMenu;
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.tsx b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.tsx
index 1428ae181f5..b0ef053f746 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/SideMenu.tsx
@@ -1,31 +1,21 @@
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import appEvents from '../../app_events';
-import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import TopSection from './TopSection';
 import BottomSection from './BottomSection';
-import { store } from 'app/store/store';
+import config from 'app/core/config';
+
+const homeUrl = config.appSubUrl || '/';
 
 export class SideMenu extends PureComponent {
-  toggleSideMenu = () => {
-    // ignore if we just made a location change, stops hiding sidemenu on double clicks of back button
-    const timeSinceLocationChanged = new Date().getTime() - store.getState().location.lastUpdated;
-    if (timeSinceLocationChanged < 1000) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    contextSrv.toggleSideMenu();
-    appEvents.emit('toggle-sidemenu');
-  };
-
   toggleSideMenuSmallBreakpoint = () => {
     appEvents.emit('toggle-sidemenu-mobile');
   };
 
   render() {
     return [
-      <div className="sidemenu__logo" onClick={this.toggleSideMenu} key="logo">
+      <a href={homeUrl} className="sidemenu__logo" key="logo">
         <img src="public/img/grafana_icon.svg" alt="Grafana" />
-      </div>,
+      </a>,
       <div className="sidemenu__logo_small_breakpoint" onClick={this.toggleSideMenuSmallBreakpoint} key="hamburger">
         <i className="fa fa-bars" />
         <span className="sidemenu__close">
diff --git a/public/app/core/services/context_srv.ts b/public/app/core/services/context_srv.ts
index 7bb753e6f71..b186d1fde87 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/context_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/context_srv.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import config from 'app/core/config';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
-import store from 'app/core/store';
 
 export class User {
   isGrafanaAdmin: any;
@@ -29,13 +28,11 @@ export class ContextSrv {
   isSignedIn: any;
   isGrafanaAdmin: any;
   isEditor: any;
-  sidemenu: any;
+  sidemenu = true;
   sidemenuSmallBreakpoint = false;
   hasEditPermissionInFolders: boolean;
 
   constructor() {
-    this.sidemenu = store.getBool('grafana.sidemenu', true);
-
     if (!config.bootData) {
       config.bootData = { user: {}, settings: {} };
     }
@@ -55,11 +52,6 @@ export class ContextSrv {
     return !!(document.visibilityState === undefined || document.visibilityState === 'visible');
   }
 
-  toggleSideMenu() {
-    this.sidemenu = !this.sidemenu;
-    store.set('grafana.sidemenu', this.sidemenu);
-  }
-
   hasAccessToExplore() {
     return (this.isEditor || config.viewersCanEdit) && config.exploreEnabled;
   }
diff --git a/public/app/routes/GrafanaCtrl.ts b/public/app/routes/GrafanaCtrl.ts
index 479c5e77f3d..45a06706cd9 100644
--- a/public/app/routes/GrafanaCtrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/routes/GrafanaCtrl.ts
@@ -116,11 +116,6 @@ export function grafanaAppDirective(playlistSrv, contextSrv, $timeout, $rootScop
       sidemenuOpen = scope.contextSrv.sidemenu;
       body.toggleClass('sidemenu-open', sidemenuOpen);
 
-      appEvents.on('toggle-sidemenu', () => {
-        sidemenuOpen = scope.contextSrv.sidemenu;
-        body.toggleClass('sidemenu-open');
-      });
-
       appEvents.on('toggle-sidemenu-mobile', () => {
         body.toggleClass('sidemenu-open--xs');
       });