diff --git a/src/app-layout/drawer/__tests__/drawers-helpers.test.ts b/src/app-layout/drawer/__tests__/drawers-helpers.test.ts
index ec83684b77..f40386d012 100644
--- a/src/app-layout/drawer/__tests__/drawers-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/app-layout/drawer/__tests__/drawers-helpers.test.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,3 @@ test('moves single overflow item into visible items', () => {
     overflowItems: [],
   });
 });
-
-test('when mobile and items length is 3, adds one to split index', () => {
-  expect(splitItems([{ id: '1' }, { id: '2' }, { id: '3' }], 2, undefined, true)).toEqual({
-    visibleItems: [{ id: '1' }, { id: '2' }, { id: '3' }],
-    overflowItems: [],
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app-layout/drawer/drawers-helpers.ts b/src/app-layout/drawer/drawers-helpers.ts
index 45a178eb8b..1fc7dc5857 100644
--- a/src/app-layout/drawer/drawers-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/app-layout/drawer/drawers-helpers.ts
@@ -4,20 +4,14 @@
 export function splitItems<T extends { id: string }>(
   maybeItems: Array<T> | undefined,
   splitIndex: number,
-  activeId: string | null | undefined,
-  isMobile = false
+  activeId: string | undefined
 ) {
   const items = maybeItems ?? [];
-  let visibleItems = items.slice(0, splitIndex);
-  let overflowItems = items.slice(splitIndex, items.length);
+  const visibleItems = items.slice(0, splitIndex);
+  const overflowItems = items.slice(splitIndex);
 
   if (overflowItems.length === 1) {
-    visibleItems = items.slice(0, splitIndex + 1);
-    overflowItems = [];
-  }
-
-  if (isMobile && items.length === 3) {
-    splitIndex = splitIndex + 1;
+    return { visibleItems: items, overflowItems: [] };
   }
 
   if (activeId && overflowItems.length > 0 && visibleItems.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/app-layout/mobile-toolbar/index.tsx b/src/app-layout/mobile-toolbar/index.tsx
index 53bdcb5215..024257fcfa 100644
--- a/src/app-layout/mobile-toolbar/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app-layout/mobile-toolbar/index.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function MobileToolbar({
     }
   }, [anyPanelOpen]);
 
-  const { overflowItems, visibleItems } = splitItems(drawers?.items, 2, drawers?.activeDrawerId, true);
+  const { overflowItems, visibleItems } = splitItems(drawers?.items, 2, drawers?.activeDrawerId);
 
   return (
     <div
diff --git a/src/app-layout/visual-refresh/drawers.tsx b/src/app-layout/visual-refresh/drawers.tsx
index 9fa13924ab..1a8cc4452c 100644
--- a/src/app-layout/visual-refresh/drawers.tsx
+++ b/src/app-layout/visual-refresh/drawers.tsx
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ export function MobileTriggers() {
 
   const splitIndex = 2;
 
-  const { visibleItems, overflowItems } = splitItems(drawers, splitIndex, activeDrawerId, true);
+  const { visibleItems, overflowItems } = splitItems(drawers, splitIndex, activeDrawerId);
 
   function handleItemClick(itemId: string | undefined) {
     if (itemId === TOOLS_DRAWER_ID) {