diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/routes/admin_dashboard_route.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/routes/admin_dashboard_route.js
index a29ee9af853..3698742ff95 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/routes/admin_dashboard_route.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/routes/admin_dashboard_route.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Discourse.AdminDashboardRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
   fetchDashboardData: function(c) {
     if( !c.get('dashboardFetchedAt') || Date.create('1 hour ago', 'en') > c.get('dashboardFetchedAt') ) {
       c.set('dashboardFetchedAt', new Date());
-      c.set('problemsFetchedAt', new Date());
       Discourse.AdminDashboard.find().then(function(d) {
         if( Discourse.SiteSettings.version_checks ){
           c.set('versionCheck', Discourse.VersionCheck.create(d.version_check));
@@ -30,13 +29,14 @@ Discourse.AdminDashboardRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
         });
         c.set('admins', d.admins);
         c.set('moderators', d.moderators);
-        c.set('problems', d.problems);
         c.set('top_referrers', d.top_referrers);
         c.set('top_traffic_sources', d.top_traffic_sources);
         c.set('top_referred_topics', d.top_referred_topics);
         c.set('loading', false);
       });
-    } else if( !c.get('problemsFetchedAt') || Date.create(c.problemsCheckInterval, 'en') > c.get('problemsFetchedAt') ) {
+    }
+
+    if( !c.get('problemsFetchedAt') || Date.create(c.problemsCheckInterval, 'en') > c.get('problemsFetchedAt') ) {
       c.set('problemsFetchedAt', new Date());
       c.loadProblems();
     }
diff --git a/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb b/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb
index a4e0513ee08..b28a6227348 100644
--- a/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb
+++ b/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class AdminDashboardData
   def as_json
     @json ||= {
       reports: REPORTS.map { |type| Report.find(type).as_json },
-      problems: problems,
       admins: User.admins.count,
       moderators: User.moderators.count,
       top_referrers: IncomingLinksReport.find('top_referrers').as_json,