diff --git a/app/components/PaginatedList.tsx b/app/components/PaginatedList.tsx
index e50250f9b..e43209943 100644
--- a/app/components/PaginatedList.tsx
+++ b/app/components/PaginatedList.tsx
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ class PaginatedList<T extends PaginatedItem> extends React.Component<Props<T>> {
       renderHeading,
       renderError,
       onEscape,
-      children,
     } = this.props;
 
     const showLoading =
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ class PaginatedList<T extends PaginatedItem> extends React.Component<Props<T>> {
             });
           }}
         </ArrowKeyNavigation>
-        {children}
         {this.allowLoadMore && (
           <Waypoint key={this.renderCount} onEnter={this.loadMoreResults} />
         )}
diff --git a/app/components/Sidebar/components/Collections.tsx b/app/components/Sidebar/components/Collections.tsx
index ac03c0618..30be0a624 100644
--- a/app/components/Sidebar/components/Collections.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Sidebar/components/Collections.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import Collection from "~/models/Collection";
 import Flex from "~/components/Flex";
 import Error from "~/components/List/Error";
 import PaginatedList from "~/components/PaginatedList";
-import Text from "~/components/Text";
 import { createCollection } from "~/actions/definitions/collections";
 import useStores from "~/hooks/useStores";
 import DraggableCollectionLink from "./DraggableCollectionLink";
@@ -63,11 +62,6 @@ function Collections() {
                 />
               ) : undefined
             }
-            empty={
-              <Empty type="tertiary" size="small">
-                {t("Empty")}
-              </Empty>
-            }
             renderError={(props) => <StyledError {...props} />}
             renderItem={(item: Collection, index) => (
               <DraggableCollectionLink
@@ -78,22 +72,14 @@ function Collections() {
                 belowCollection={orderedCollections[index + 1]}
               />
             )}
-          >
-            <SidebarAction action={createCollection} depth={0} />
-          </PaginatedList>
+          />
+          <SidebarAction action={createCollection} depth={0} />
         </Relative>
       </Header>
     </Flex>
   );
 }
 
-const Empty = styled(Text)`
-  margin-left: 36px;
-  margin-bottom: 0;
-  line-height: 34px;
-  font-style: italic;
-`;
-
 const StyledError = styled(Error)`
   font-size: 15px;
   padding: 0 8px;
diff --git a/shared/i18n/locales/en_US/translation.json b/shared/i18n/locales/en_US/translation.json
index c66347044..ff400ef52 100644
--- a/shared/i18n/locales/en_US/translation.json
+++ b/shared/i18n/locales/en_US/translation.json
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@
   "Move document": "Move document",
   "You can't reorder documents in an alphabetically sorted collection": "You can't reorder documents in an alphabetically sorted collection",
   "Collections": "Collections",
-  "Empty": "Empty",
   "Untitled": "Untitled",
   "New nested document": "New nested document",
   "Document not supported – try Markdown, Plain text, HTML, or Word": "Document not supported – try Markdown, Plain text, HTML, or Word",
+  "Empty": "Empty",
   "Starred documents could not be loaded": "Starred documents could not be loaded",
   "Starred": "Starred",
   "Show more": "Show more",