diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
index 2878050a..c336387d 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
@@ -213,23 +213,7 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
         exploreSnapshot.expand([.listsHeader])
         exploreSnapshot.append(lists.map { .list($0) }, to: .listsHeader)
         exploreSnapshot.append([.addList], to: .listsHeader)
-        var selectedItem: Item?
-        if let selectedIndexPath = collectionView.indexPathsForSelectedItems?.first,
-           let item = dataSource.itemIdentifier(for: selectedIndexPath) {
-            if case .list(let list) = item,
-               let newList = lists.first(where: { $0.id == list.id }) {
-                selectedItem = .list(newList)
-            } else {
-                selectedItem = item
-            }
-        }
-        
-        self.dataSource.apply(exploreSnapshot, to: .lists) {
-            if let selectedItem,
-               let indexPath = self.dataSource.indexPath(for: selectedItem) {
-                self.collectionView.selectItem(at: indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: .centeredVertically)
-            }
-        }
+        self.dataSource.apply(exploreSnapshot, to: .lists)
     }
     
     @MainActor
@@ -255,8 +239,6 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
     }
     
     @objc private func reloadSavedHashtags() {
-        let selected = collectionView.indexPathsForSelectedItems?.first
-
         var hashtagsSnapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot<Item>()
         hashtagsSnapshot.append([.savedHashtagsHeader])
         hashtagsSnapshot.expand([.savedHashtagsHeader])
@@ -265,16 +247,10 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
         }
         hashtagsSnapshot.append(hashtags, to: .savedHashtagsHeader)
         hashtagsSnapshot.append([.addSavedHashtag], to: .savedHashtagsHeader)
-        self.dataSource.apply(hashtagsSnapshot, to: .savedHashtags, animatingDifferences: false) {
-            if let selected = selected {
-                self.collectionView.selectItem(at: selected, animated: false, scrollPosition: .centeredVertically)
-            }
-        }
+        self.dataSource.apply(hashtagsSnapshot, to: .savedHashtags)
     }
     
     @objc private func reloadSavedInstances() {
-        let selected = collectionView.indexPathsForSelectedItems?.first
-        
         var instancesSnapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot<Item>()
         instancesSnapshot.append([.savedInstancesHeader])
         instancesSnapshot.expand([.savedInstancesHeader])
@@ -283,11 +259,7 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
         }
         instancesSnapshot.append(instances, to: .savedInstancesHeader)
         instancesSnapshot.append([.addSavedInstance], to: .savedInstancesHeader)
-        self.dataSource.apply(instancesSnapshot, to: .savedInstances, animatingDifferences: false) {
-            if let selected = selected {
-                self.collectionView.selectItem(at: selected, animated: false, scrollPosition: .centeredVertically)
-            }
-        }
+        self.dataSource.apply(instancesSnapshot, to: .savedInstances)
     }
     
     @objc private func preferencesChanged() {