diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomSubList.js b/src/components/structures/RoomSubList.js
index 003c0541a2..0cf719d507 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomSubList.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomSubList.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ const RoomSubList = React.createClass({
         showSpinner: PropTypes.bool, // true to show a spinner if 0 elements when expanded
         collapsed: PropTypes.bool.isRequired, // is LeftPanel collapsed?
         onHeaderClick: PropTypes.func,
-        alwaysShowHeader: PropTypes.bool,
         incomingCall: PropTypes.object,
         searchFilter: PropTypes.string,
         headerItems: PropTypes.node, // content shown in the sublist header
@@ -371,7 +370,7 @@ const RoomSubList = React.createClass({
 
             return (
                 <div className="mx_RoomSubList">
-                    {this.props.alwaysShowHeader ? this._getHeaderJsx() : undefined}
+                    { this._getHeaderJsx() }
                     { content }
                 </div>
             );
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
index ad4d348b2a..b84f3c0cf0 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 tagName: "im.vector.fake.direct",
                 headerItems: this._getHeaderItems('im.vector.fake.direct'),
                 order: "recent",
-                alwaysShowHeader: true,
                 onAddRoom: () => {dis.dispatch({action: 'view_create_chat'})},
             },
             {
@@ -536,7 +535,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 list: self.state.lists['im.vector.fake.archived'],
                 label: _t('Historical'),
                 order: "recent",
-                alwaysShowHeader: true,
                 startAsHidden: true,
                 showSpinner: self.state.isLoadingLeftRooms,
                 onHeaderClick: self.onArchivedHeaderClick,