diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index 5c8d05bb2..9ad947fbc 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -151,13 +151,7 @@ class BaseAppView {
         return this._allItems;
     }
 
-    _compareItems(a, b) {
-        return a.name.localeCompare(b.name);
-    }
-
     _loadGrid() {
-        this._allItems.sort(this._compareItems);
-
         this._allItems.forEach((item, index) => {
             // Don't readd already added items
             if (item.actor.get_parent())
@@ -349,17 +343,6 @@ var AllView = class AllView extends BaseAppView {
         this._nEventBlockerInhibits = 0;
     }
 
-    _itemNameChanged(item) {
-        // If an item's name changed, we can pluck it out of where it's
-        // supposed to be and reinsert it where it's sorted.
-        let oldIdx = this._allItems.indexOf(item);
-        this._allItems.splice(oldIdx, 1);
-        let newIdx = Util.insertSorted(this._allItems, item, this._compareItems);
-
-        this._grid.removeItem(item);
-        this._grid.addItem(item, newIdx);
-    }
-
     _refilterApps() {
         let filteredApps = this._allItems.filter(icon => !icon.actor.visible);
 
@@ -412,7 +395,6 @@ var AllView = class AllView extends BaseAppView {
             let icon = this._items[id];
             if (!icon) {
                 icon = new FolderIcon(id, path, this);
-                icon.connect('name-changed', this._itemNameChanged.bind(this));
                 icon.connect('apps-changed', this._redisplay.bind(this));
             }
             newApps.push(icon);
@@ -821,11 +803,6 @@ var FrequentView = class FrequentView extends BaseAppView {
         return this._usage.get_most_used().length >= MIN_FREQUENT_APPS_COUNT;
     }
 
-    _compareItems() {
-        // The FrequentView does not need to be sorted alphabetically
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     _loadApps() {
         let apps = [];
         let mostUsed = this._usage.get_most_used();