diff --git a/src/sidebar/index.jade b/src/sidebar/index.jade
index 889792f5617..ee5074b4ad1 100644
--- a/src/sidebar/index.jade
+++ b/src/sidebar/index.jade
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ div
     div.scout-logo
     div(data-hook='collection-filter-subview')
     div(data-hook='collection-list-subview')
-    div(data-hook='sidebar-control-subview')
diff --git a/src/sidebar/index.js b/src/sidebar/index.js
index 63e81e8f069..bd07f7ad84f 100644
--- a/src/sidebar/index.js
+++ b/src/sidebar/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ var _ = require('lodash');
 var mousetrap = require('mousetrap');
 var CollectionFilterView = require('./collection-filter');
 var CollectionListView = require('./collection-list');
-var SidebarControlsView = require('./sidebar-controls');
 var app = require('ampersand-app');
 
 function fast_filter_collection(collection, pattern) {
@@ -60,22 +59,10 @@ var SidebarView = View.extend({
         });
         return view;
       }
-    },
-    sidebar_control: {
-      hook: 'sidebar-control-subview',
-      prepareView: function(el) {
-        return new SidebarControlsView({
-          el: el
-        });
-      }
     }
   },
   filterCollections: function(pattern) {
     _.defer(fast_filter_collection, this.collection, pattern);
-  },
-  filterFields: function(pattern) {
-    var collection = app.schema.fields;
-    _.defer(fast_filter_collection, collection, pattern);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/src/sidebar/sidebar-controls.jade b/src/sidebar/sidebar-controls.jade
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f0afe37fec..00000000000
--- a/src/sidebar/sidebar-controls.jade
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-.sidebar-controls
-  .list-filter
-    i.search.octicon-search
-    input(type='search', placeholder='filter fields', data-hook='search')
diff --git a/src/sidebar/sidebar-controls.js b/src/sidebar/sidebar-controls.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b90b923c42..00000000000
--- a/src/sidebar/sidebar-controls.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-var CollectionFilterView = require('./collection-filter');
-var SidebarControlsView = CollectionFilterView.extend({
-  template: require('./sidebar-controls.jade'),
-  applyFilter: function() {
-    this.parent.filterFields(this.search);
-  }
-});
-
-module.exports = SidebarControlsView;
diff --git a/styles/sidebar.less b/styles/sidebar.less
index 66243eded93..0f145ec819d 100644
--- a/styles/sidebar.less
+++ b/styles/sidebar.less
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     line-height: 24px;
     position: absolute;
     top: 128px;
-    bottom: 60px;
+    bottom: 0px;
     overflow-y: auto;
     width: 100%;
     z-index: -1;
@@ -111,16 +111,6 @@
       }
     }
   }
-  .sidebar-controls {
-    position: absolute;
-    width: @sidebar-width;
-    bottom: 0;
-    height: 60px;
-
-    .list-filter {
-      box-shadow: 0 -2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 .sidebar {