diff --git a/app/src/components/layout/navLinks/NavLinks.tsx b/app/src/components/layout/navLinks/NavLinks.tsx
index 34b6e61bb..7326eafea 100644
--- a/app/src/components/layout/navLinks/NavLinks.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/layout/navLinks/NavLinks.tsx
@@ -8,20 +8,11 @@ import { useSessionContext } from '../../../providers/sessionProvider/SessionPro
 const NavLinks = () => {
     const navigate = useNavigate();
     const [session] = useSessionContext();
-    const [width, setWidth] = useState<number>(window.innerWidth);
     const nav = (e: ReactEvent<HTMLAnchorElement, MouseEvent>, link: string) => {
         e.preventDefault();
         navigate(link);
     };
 
-    useEffect(() => {
-        const handleResizeWindow = () => setWidth(window.innerWidth);
-        window.addEventListener('resize', handleResizeWindow);
-        return () => {
-            window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResizeWindow);
-        };
-    }, []);
-
     const appLinks = [
         { href: routes.START, label: 'Home', id: 'home-btn' },
         { href: routes.SEARCH_PATIENT, label: 'Search for a patient', id: 'search-btn' },
diff --git a/app/src/styles/App.scss b/app/src/styles/App.scss
index 08fd44b98..78b2e02a8 100644
--- a/app/src/styles/App.scss
+++ b/app/src/styles/App.scss
@@ -656,45 +656,6 @@ $hunit: '%';
     }
 }
 
-// NavLinks
-.navlinks {
-    display: initial;
-
-    &_wrapper {
-        display: flex;
-        flex-flow: row nowrap;
-    }
-
-    .nhsuk-header__navigation-title {
-        color: $color_nhsuk-white;
-    }
-
-    .nhsuk-header__navigation-close {
-        display: none;
-    }
-
-    &_item {
-        a {
-            color: $color_nhsuk-white;
-            text-decoration: underline;
-            text-decoration-color: $color_nhsuk-white;
-            text-underline-offset: 2px;
-        }
-
-        a:hover {
-            text-decoration: none;
-        }
-
-        a:visited {
-            color: $color_nhsuk-white;
-        }
-
-        &--desktop {
-            margin: 0 2rem;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 // override
 .nhsuk-back-link {
     margin-top: nhsuk-spacing(0);