diff --git a/web/src/todo_widget.js b/web/src/todo_widget.js
index 74f62daa05..d45e911130 100644
--- a/web/src/todo_widget.js
+++ b/web/src/todo_widget.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import * as blueslip from "./blueslip";
 import {$t} from "./i18n";
 import {page_params} from "./page_params";
 import * as people from "./people";
-import * as util from "./util";
 
 // Any single user should send add a finite number of tasks
 // to a todo list. We arbitrarily pick this value.
@@ -23,22 +22,9 @@ export class TaskData {
 
     get_widget_data() {
         const all_tasks = [...this.task_map.values()];
-        all_tasks.sort((a, b) => util.strcmp(a.task, b.task));
-
-        const pending_tasks = [];
-        const completed_tasks = [];
-
-        for (const item of all_tasks) {
-            if (item.completed) {
-                completed_tasks.push(item);
-            } else {
-                pending_tasks.push(item);
-            }
-        }
 
         const widget_data = {
-            pending_tasks,
-            completed_tasks,
+            all_tasks,
         };
 
         return widget_data;
diff --git a/web/templates/widgets/todo_widget_tasks.hbs b/web/templates/widgets/todo_widget_tasks.hbs
index 0785a7124d..bbdfcfb07f 100644
--- a/web/templates/widgets/todo_widget_tasks.hbs
+++ b/web/templates/widgets/todo_widget_tasks.hbs
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 <br />
-{{#each pending_tasks}}
+{{#each all_tasks}}
     <li>
         <label class="checkbox">
             <div>
-                <input type="checkbox" class="task" data-key="{{ key }}" />
+                <input type="checkbox" class="task" data-key="{{ key }}" {{#if completed}}checked{{/if}}/>
                 <span></span>
             </div>
             <div>
+                {{#if completed}}
+                <strike><strong>{{ task }}</strong>{{#if desc }} - {{ desc }}{{/if}}</strike>
+                {{else}}
                 <strong>{{ task }}</strong>{{#if desc }} - {{ desc }}{{/if}}
+                {{/if}}
             </div>
         </label>
-
-    </li>
-{{/each}}
-{{#each completed_tasks}}
-    <li>
-        <label class="checkbox">
-            <div>
-                <input type="checkbox" class="task" data-key="{{ key }}" checked="checked"/>
-                <span></span>
-            </div>
-            <strike><em><strong>{{ task }}</strong>{{#if desc }} - {{ desc }}{{/if}}</em></strike>
-        </label>
     </li>
 {{/each}}