diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/preferences/categories.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/preferences/categories.js
index 862aedd3239..16555cdad91 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/preferences/categories.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/preferences/categories.js
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@ export default Controller.extend({
     "model.watchedCategories",
     "model.watchedFirstPostCategories",
     "model.trackedCategories",
-    "model.regularCategories",
     "model.mutedCategories"
   )
-  selectedCategories(watched, watchedFirst, tracked, regular, muted) {
-    return []
-      .concat(watched, watchedFirst, tracked, regular, muted)
-      .filter((t) => t);
+  selectedCategories(watched, watchedFirst, tracked, muted) {
+    return [].concat(watched, watchedFirst, tracked, muted).filter((t) => t);
   },
 
   @discourseComputed
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/fixtures/user-fixtures.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/fixtures/user-fixtures.js
index 0883ca4a6f9..749f16fa0ab 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/fixtures/user-fixtures.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/fixtures/user-fixtures.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export default {
       skip_new_user_tips: false,
       enable_quoting: true,
       muted_category_ids: [],
-      regular_category_ids: [],
+      regular_category_ids: [4],
       tracked_category_ids: [],
       watched_category_ids: [3],
       watched_first_post_category_ids: [],