diff --git a/app/components/Sidebar/components/NavLink.tsx b/app/components/Sidebar/components/NavLink.tsx
index ab15f98ac..afb438d6e 100644
--- a/app/components/Sidebar/components/NavLink.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Sidebar/components/NavLink.tsx
@@ -94,12 +94,9 @@ const NavLink = ({
   React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (isActive && linkRef.current && scrollIntoViewIfNeeded !== false) {
       // If the page has an anchor hash then this means we're linking to an
-      // anchor in the document generally – smooth scrolling the sidebar may
-      // interrupt the scrolling to the anchor of the document so we jump
-      // directly to the anchor instead.
-      if (window.location.hash) {
-        linkRef.current.scrollIntoView();
-      } else {
+      // anchor in the document – smooth scrolling the sidebar may the scrolling
+      // to the anchor of the document so we must avoid it.
+      if (!window.location.hash) {
         scrollIntoView(linkRef.current, {
           scrollMode: "if-needed",
           behavior: "auto",