diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/data-types/tree/manifests.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/data-types/tree/manifests.ts
index cc8d8c77f3..13410476b1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/data-types/tree/manifests.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/data-types/tree/manifests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import type { ManifestTree, ManifestTreeItemAction } from '@umbraco-cms/models';
 
-const treeAlias = 'Umb.Tree.Documents';
-
 const tree: ManifestTree = {
 	type: 'tree',
 	alias: 'Umb.Tree.DataTypes',
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/data-types/tree/tree-data-types.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/data-types/tree/tree-data-types.element.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c80b46687e..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/data-types/tree/tree-data-types.element.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { html } from 'lit';
-import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
-import { umbExtensionsRegistry } from '@umbraco-cms/extensions-registry';
-import type { ManifestTreeItemAction } from '@umbraco-cms/models';
-
-import '../../../shared/components/tree/navigator/tree-navigator.element';
-import { UmbDataTypeStore } from 'src/backoffice/settings/data-types/data-type.store';
-import { UmbLitElement } from '@umbraco-cms/element';
-
-@customElement('umb-tree-data-types')
-export class UmbTreeDataTypesElement extends UmbLitElement {
-	constructor() {
-		super();
-
-		this._registerTreeItemActions();
-
-		// TODO: how do we best expose the tree api to the tree navigator element?
-		this.consumeContext('umbDataTypeStore', (dataTypeStore: UmbDataTypeStore) => {
-			this.provideContext('umbTreeStore', dataTypeStore);
-		});
-	}
-
-	private _registerTreeItemActions() {
-		const dashboards: Array<ManifestTreeItemAction> = [];
-
-		dashboards.forEach((dashboard) => {
-			if (umbExtensionsRegistry.isRegistered(dashboard.alias)) return;
-			umbExtensionsRegistry.register(dashboard);
-		});
-	}
-
-	render() {
-		return html`<umb-tree-navigator></umb-tree-navigator>`;
-	}
-}
-
-export default UmbTreeDataTypesElement;
-
-declare global {
-	interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
-		'umb-tree-data-types': UmbTreeDataTypesElement;
-	}
-}