diff --git a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/item_view.js b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/item_view.js
index 02b11b667..a302d48bd 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/item_view.js
+++ b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/item_view.js
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ define([
 
     showLinks: function(e) {
       var $c = $(e.currentTarget);
-      if (!$c.find('.active-link').length) {
+      if (
+        !$c.find('.active-link').length ||
+        this.model.get('isMobileOrTablet')
+      ) {
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/model.js b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/model.js
index 6bb2c55b1..821b72f53 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/model.js
+++ b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/model.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 define([
   'backbone',
   'underscore',
+  'bowser',
   'js/mixins/add_stable_index_to_collection',
-], function(Backbone, _, WidgetPaginationMixin) {
+], function(Backbone, _, bowser, WidgetPaginationMixin) {
   var ItemModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
     defaults: function() {
       return {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ define([
         visible: false,
         actionsVisible: true,
         showCheckbox: true,
+        isMobileOrTablet: false,
       };
     },
     idAttribute: 'resultsIndex',
@@ -139,6 +141,9 @@ define([
       var lastIdx = null;
       var rIdx;
 
+      var platform = bowser.parse(window.navigator.userAgent).platform.type;
+      var isMobileOrTablet = platform === 'mobile' || platform === 'tablet';
+
       this.each(function(model) {
         rIdx = model.attributes.resultsIndex;
 
@@ -158,6 +163,8 @@ define([
         } else {
           model.set('visible', false);
         }
+
+        model.set('isMobileOrTablet', isMobileOrTablet);
       });
 
       if (visible !== end - start + 1) {
diff --git a/test/mocha/js/widgets/lot_derivates.spec.js b/test/mocha/js/widgets/lot_derivates.spec.js
index d5ded443a..c2cc59b18 100644
--- a/test/mocha/js/widgets/lot_derivates.spec.js
+++ b/test/mocha/js/widgets/lot_derivates.spec.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ define([
         },
       ]);
       expect(JSON.stringify(w.hiddenCollection.toJSON())).to.eql(
-        '[{"bibcode":1,"resultsIndex":0,"emptyPlaceholder":false,"visible":false,"actionsVisible":true,"showCheckbox":true},{"bibcode":2,"resultsIndex":1,"emptyPlaceholder":false,"visible":false,"actionsVisible":true,"showCheckbox":true}]'
+        '[{"bibcode":1,"resultsIndex":0,"emptyPlaceholder":false,"visible":false,"actionsVisible":true,"showCheckbox":true,"isMobileOrTablet":false},{"bibcode":2,"resultsIndex":1,"emptyPlaceholder":false,"visible":false,"actionsVisible":true,"showCheckbox":true,"isMobileOrTablet":false}]'
       );
       //this will be triggered by TOC widget on a fresh "display_documents"
       w.model.set('bibcode', 'new_bibcode');