diff --git a/web/src/hotkey.js b/web/src/hotkey.js
index e4716648d5..c16ebf71ed 100644
--- a/web/src/hotkey.js
+++ b/web/src/hotkey.js
@@ -392,11 +392,6 @@ function handle_popover_events(event_name) {
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (stream_popover.topic_popped()) {
-        stream_popover.topic_sidebar_menu_handle_keyboard(event_name);
-        return true;
-    }
-
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/stream_popover.js b/web/src/stream_popover.js
index 4c1dd81cb5..126e96ed07 100644
--- a/web/src/stream_popover.js
+++ b/web/src/stream_popover.js
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ export function stream_sidebar_menu_handle_keyboard(key) {
     popovers.popover_items_handle_keyboard(key, items);
 }
 
-export function topic_sidebar_menu_handle_keyboard(key) {
-    const items = get_popover_menu_items(current_topic_sidebar_elem);
-    popovers.popover_items_handle_keyboard(key, items);
-}
-
 export function elem_to_stream_id($elem) {
     const stream_id = Number.parseInt($elem.attr("data-stream-id"), 10);