diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
index f5c54e3753..13d30deb1f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
             {
 
                 //Special check to see if it ia a container, if so then we'll hide children.
-                //we only perform this check for non-dialog trees since pickers needs access to these nodes
-                var isContainer = e.IsContainer() && (queryStrings.Get("isDialog") != "true");
+                var isContainer = e.IsContainer();   // && (queryStrings.Get("isDialog") != "true");
 
                 var node = CreateTreeNode(
                     e.Id.ToInvariantString(),
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
index 97185b6f7e..04c7b39829 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
             //before we get the children we need to see if this is a container node
             var current = Services.EntityService.Get(int.Parse(id), UmbracoObjectType);
 
-
-            if (queryStrings.Get("isDialog") != "true" && current != null && current.IsContainer())
+            //test if the parent is a listview / container
+            if (current != null && current.IsContainer())
             {
                 //no children!
                 return new TreeNodeCollection();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MediaTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MediaTreeController.cs
index 013668a914..7589aa1cc4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MediaTreeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MediaTreeController.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
             var entity = (UmbracoEntity)e;
 
             //Special check to see if it ia a container, if so then we'll hide children.
-            var isContainer = e.IsContainer() && (queryStrings.Get("isDialog") != "true");
+            var isContainer = e.IsContainer(); // && (queryStrings.Get("isDialog") != "true");
 
             var node = CreateTreeNode(
                 e.Id.ToInvariantString(),