diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index ea2ce7024..fd30443c8 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module ProjectsHelper
   end
 
   def sidebar_folders_tree(team, user)
-    records = user.projects_tree(team) + ProjectFolder.inner_folders(team)
+    records = team.projects.active.visible_to(user, team) + ProjectFolder.inner_folders(team)
     view_state = team.current_view_state(user)
     records = case view_state.state.dig('projects', 'active', 'sort')
               when 'new'
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 902477617..570879893 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
   scope :visible_to, (lambda do |user, team|
                         unless user.is_admin_of_team?(team)
                           left_outer_joins(:user_projects)
-                          .where(
-                            'visibility = 1 OR user_projects.user_id = :id',
-                            id: user.id
-                          ).group(:id)
+                          .where('visibility = 1 OR user_projects.user_id = :id', id: user.id)
+                          .group(:id)
                         end
                       end)
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index c3f481a00..3c90b43a7 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -438,17 +438,6 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     result || []
   end
 
-  def projects_tree(team)
-    result = team.projects
-    unless is_admin_of_team?(team)
-      # Only admins see all projects of the team
-      result = result.joins(:user_projects).where(
-        'visibility=1 OR user_projects.user_id=:user_id', user_id: id
-      )
-    end
-    result.where(archived: false)
-  end
-
   # Finds all activities of user that is assigned to project. If user
   # is not an owner of the project, user must be also assigned to
   # module.