diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-dropdown.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-dropdown.js.es6
index 203ada0b3ee..3413e61f276 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-dropdown.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-dropdown.js.es6
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 export default Ember.ArrayController.extend(Discourse.HasCurrentUser, {
   showAdminLinks: Em.computed.alias("currentUser.staff"),
 
-  showBookmarksLink: Em.computed.alias("currentUser.hasBookmark"),
-
   actions: {
     logout: function() {
       Discourse.logout();
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
index 277dc379c6c..cb4398519b9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
   hasPMs: Em.computed.gt("private_messages_stats.all", 0),
   hasStartedPMs: Em.computed.gt("private_messages_stats.mine", 0),
   hasUnreadPMs: Em.computed.gt("private_messages_stats.unread", 0),
-  hasBookmark: Em.computed.gt('bookmarks_count', 0),
 
   /**
     The user's stream
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user_dropdown.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user_dropdown.js.handlebars
index 569eb9020c5..78dd96210ec 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user_dropdown.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user_dropdown.js.handlebars
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
       {{#if currentUser.unread_private_messages}}<span class="badge-notification unread-private-messages">{{currentUser.unread_private_messages}}</span>{{/if}}{{i18n user.unread_message_count}}
     {{/link-to}}
     </li>
-    {{#if showBookmarksLink}}
-      <li>{{#link-to 'userActivity.bookmarks' currentUser}}{{i18n user.bookmarks}}{{/link-to}}</li>
-    {{/if}}
+    <li>{{#link-to 'userActivity.bookmarks' currentUser}}{{i18n user.bookmarks}}{{/link-to}}</li>
     <li>{{#link-to 'preferences' currentUser}}{{i18n user.preferences}}{{/link-to}}</li>
     <li><button {{action "logout"}} class='btn btn-danger right logout'><i class='fa fa-sign-out'></i>{{i18n user.log_out}}</button></li>
   </ul>
diff --git a/app/models/user_action.rb b/app/models/user_action.rb
index 07a9261f71c..9a3c59a2338 100644
--- a/app/models/user_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_action.rb
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ SQL
     { all: all, mine: mine, unread: unread }
   end
 
-  def self.bookmarks_stats(user_id)
-    UserAction.where(action_type: BOOKMARK, user_id: user_id).count
-  end
-
   def self.stream_item(action_id, guardian)
     stream(action_id: action_id, guardian: guardian).first
   end
diff --git a/app/serializers/current_user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/current_user_serializer.rb
index 1cdb4df6c40..31bb74bed9a 100644
--- a/app/serializers/current_user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/current_user_serializer.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class CurrentUserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
              :staff?,
              :reply_count,
              :topic_count,
-             :bookmarks_count,
              :enable_quoting,
              :external_links_in_new_tab,
              :dynamic_favicon,
@@ -38,10 +37,6 @@ class CurrentUserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
     object.user_stat.topic_reply_count
   end
 
-  def bookmarks_count
-    UserAction.bookmarks_stats(object.id)
-  end
-
   def site_flagged_posts_count
     PostAction.flagged_posts_count
   end
diff --git a/test/javascripts/controllers/user_dropdown_controller_test.js b/test/javascripts/controllers/user_dropdown_controller_test.js
index 9a624ed61cd..ab57cebc88b 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/controllers/user_dropdown_controller_test.js
+++ b/test/javascripts/controllers/user_dropdown_controller_test.js
@@ -26,14 +26,3 @@ test("showAdminLinks", function() {
   currentUserStub.set("staff", false);
   equal(controller.get("showAdminLinks"), false, "is false when current user is not a staff member");
 });
-
-test("showBookmarksLink", function() {
-  var currentUserStub = Ember.Object.create();
-  this.stub(Discourse.User, "current").returns(currentUserStub);
-
-  currentUserStub.set("hasBookmark", true);
-  equal(controller.get("showBookmarksLink"), true, "is true when current user have bookmarks");
-
-  currentUserStub.set("hasBookmark", false);
-  equal(controller.get("showBookmarksLink"), false, "is false when current user does not have bookmarks");
-});