diff --git a/versioned_sidebars/version-2.12-sidebars.json b/versioned_sidebars/version-2.12-sidebars.json
index 0a3b63db746..fcfac08adb6 100644
--- a/versioned_sidebars/version-2.12-sidebars.json
+++ b/versioned_sidebars/version-2.12-sidebars.json
@@ -1006,49 +1006,6 @@
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