diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js
index 5f192da606..9e7858ea3c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function treeService($q, treeResource, iconHelper, notificationsService, $rootSc
     var treeArray = [];
     var standardCssClass = 'icon umb-tree-icon sprTree';
 
-    return {
+    return {  
         
         /** Internal method that ensures there's a routePath, parent and level property on each tree node and adds some icon specific properties so that the nodes display properly */
         _formatNodeDataForUseInUI: function (parentNode, treeNodes, section, level) {
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ function treeService($q, treeResource, iconHelper, notificationsService, $rootSc
                     if (treeNodes[i].metaData && treeNodes[i].metaData["treeAlias"]) {
                         //this is a root node
                         treeNodes[i].routePath = section;
+                        //we're going to remove any js callbacks from legacy tree nodes here!
+                        treeNodes[i].metaData["jsClickCallback"] = null;
                     }
                     else {
                         var treeAlias = this.getTreeAlias(treeNodes[i]);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ApplicationTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ApplicationTreeController.cs
index 6a4d63af42..9e8ab975d8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ApplicationTreeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ApplicationTreeController.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
                 {
                     Children = legacyAttempt.Result
                 };
-                sectionRoot.AdditionalData.Add("treeType", Type.GetType(configTree.Type).FullName);
+                sectionRoot.AdditionalData.Add("treeAlias", configTree.Alias);
                 return sectionRoot;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/LegacyTreeDataConverter.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/LegacyTreeDataConverter.cs
index 79d5145d69..dad4c471bb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/LegacyTreeDataConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/LegacyTreeDataConverter.cs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
             };
             if (isRoot)
             {
-                node.AdditionalData.Add("treeType", xmlTreeNode.TreeType);    
+                node.AdditionalData.Add("treeAlias", xmlTreeNode.TreeType);
             }
 
             //This is a special case scenario, we know that content/media works based on the normal Belle routing/editing so we'll ensure we don't