diff --git a/src/app/app.metareducers.ts b/src/app/app.metareducers.ts
index 449d0090f0..4cdecdc797 100644
--- a/src/app/app.metareducers.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.metareducers.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { StoreActionTypes } from './store.actions';
-import { initialMenusState } from './shared/menu/initial-menus-state';
 
 // fallback ngrx debugger
 let actionCounter = 0;
@@ -19,14 +18,7 @@ export function universalMetaReducer(reducer) {
   return (state, action) => {
     switch (action.type) {
       case StoreActionTypes.REHYDRATE:
-        state = Object.assign({}, state, action.payload, {
-          /**
-           * Reset menus after the store is rehydrated, in order to force them to be recreated client side.
-           * The reason is that menu options stored on the server may contain methods that don't survive the
-           * (de)serialization to/from JSON
-           */
-          menus: initialMenusState
-        });
+        state = Object.assign({}, state, action.payload);
         break;
       case StoreActionTypes.REPLAY:
       default: