diff --git a/app/components/layout/SideNav.tsx b/app/components/layout/SideNav.tsx
index 5e4347e5c..02d48f1ca 100644
--- a/app/components/layout/SideNav.tsx
+++ b/app/components/layout/SideNav.tsx
@@ -11,25 +11,20 @@ export function SideNav() {
     <nav className="layout__side-nav">
       {navItems.map((item) => {
         return (
-          <div className="nav-item" key={item.name}>
+          <Link
+            to={item.url}
+            key={item.name}
+            prefetch={item.prefetch ? "render" : undefined}
+          >
             <div className="layout__side-nav-image-container">
-              <Link
-                to={item.url}
-                key={item.name}
-                prefetch={item.prefetch ? "render" : undefined}
-              >
-                <Image
-                  path={navIconUrl(item.name)}
-                  height={32}
-                  width={32}
-                  alt={t(`common:pages.${item.name}` as any)}
-                />
-              </Link>
-              <span className="layout__tooltip-text">
-                {t(`common:pages.${item.name}` as any)}
-              </span>
+              <Image
+                path={navIconUrl(item.name)}
+                height={32}
+                width={32}
+                alt={t(`common:pages.${item.name}` as any)}
+              />
             </div>
-          </div>
+          </Link>
         );
       })}
     </nav>
diff --git a/app/routes/index.tsx b/app/routes/index.tsx
index 99db12ddb..ca8cd1f0a 100644
--- a/app/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/index.tsx
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export default function FrontPage() {
                 path={navIconUrl(item.name)}
                 height={48}
                 width={48}
-                alt={item.name}
+                alt=""
               />
             </div>
             <div>{t(`common:pages.${item.name}` as any)}</div>
diff --git a/app/styles/badges.css b/app/styles/badges.css
index 297de7620..6c4a08962 100644
--- a/app/styles/badges.css
+++ b/app/styles/badges.css
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 .badges__container {
-  position: relative;
-  z-index: -1;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/app/styles/layout.css b/app/styles/layout.css
index 8b3ce1ddc..c8dd6c876 100644
--- a/app/styles/layout.css
+++ b/app/styles/layout.css
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@
 .layout__side-nav {
   position: fixed;
   display: flex;
-  width: 21%;
   height: 100vh;
   flex-direction: column;
   justify-content: center;
@@ -247,49 +246,18 @@
   padding-inline: var(--s-4);
 }
 
-.nav-item {
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
 .layout__side-nav-image-container {
-  position: relative;
   display: grid;
   width: 40px;
   height: 40px;
   border-radius: var(--rounded);
   background-color: var(--bg-lighter);
   place-items: center;
-  pointer-events: auto;
   transition: all 0.2s ease-out;
 }
 
 .layout__side-nav-image-container:hover {
   background-color: var(--theme-transparent);
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-
-.layout__tooltip-text {
-  position: absolute;
-  z-index: 1;
-  top: 50%;
-  left: calc(100% + var(--s-2));
-  width: max-content;
-  border: 2px solid var(--border);
-  border-radius: var(--rounded);
-  background-color: var(--bg-darker);
-  font-size: var(--fonts-sm);
-  font-weight: var(--semi-bold);
-  opacity: 0;
-  padding-inline: var(--s-2-5);
-  pointer-events: none;
-  text-align: center;
-  transform: translateY(-50%);
-  transition: opacity 0.3s;
-}
-
-.layout__side-nav-image-container:hover .layout__tooltip-text {
-  z-index: 5;
-  opacity: 1;
 }
 
 @media screen and (display-mode: standalone) {