diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Navbar/UserDropdown/UserDropdown.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Navbar/UserDropdown/UserDropdown.tsx
index 6490cd32fa7c..2bef9a80778f 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Navbar/UserDropdown/UserDropdown.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/Navbar/UserDropdown/UserDropdown.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import useAuthorized from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useAuthorized";
 import { useDisableBlogPosts } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useDisableBlogPosts";
-import { useDisableBouncingIcon } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useDisableBouncingIcon";
 import { useDisableShowPrompts } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useDisableShowPrompts";
 import { useDisableUsageIndicator } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useDisableUsageIndicator";
 import {
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ const UserDropdown: React.FC<UserDropdownProps> = ({ onLogout }) => {
   const disableShowPrompts = useDisableShowPrompts();
   const disableUsageIndicator = useDisableUsageIndicator();
   const disableBlogPosts = useDisableBlogPosts();
-  const disableBouncingIcon = useDisableBouncingIcon();
   const [disableShowNewBadge, setDisableShowNewBadge] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -169,23 +167,6 @@ const UserDropdown: React.FC<UserDropdownProps> = ({ onLogout }) => {
           aria-label="Toggle hide blog posts"
         />
       </Space>
-      <Space style={{ width: "100%", justifyContent: "space-between" }}>
-        <Text type="secondary">Hide Bouncing Icon</Text>
-        <Switch
-          size="small"
-          checked={disableBouncingIcon}
-          onChange={(checked) => {
-            if (checked) {
-              setLocalStorageItem("disableBouncingIcon", "true");
-              emitLocalStorageChange("disableBouncingIcon");
-            } else {
-              removeLocalStorageItem("disableBouncingIcon");
-              emitLocalStorageChange("disableBouncingIcon");
-            }
-          }}
-          aria-label="Toggle hide bouncing icon"
-        />
-      </Space>
     </Space>
   );
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
index d091b3bee338..3fbb63607d2b 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { useHealthReadiness } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/healthReadiness/useHealthReadiness";
-import { useDisableBouncingIcon } from "@/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useDisableBouncingIcon";
 import { getProxyBaseUrl } from "@/components/networking";
 import { useTheme } from "@/contexts/ThemeContext";
 import { clearTokenCookies } from "@/utils/cookieUtils";
 import { clearStoredReturnUrl } from "@/utils/returnUrlUtils";
 import { fetchProxySettings } from "@/utils/proxyUtils";
 import { MenuFoldOutlined, MenuUnfoldOutlined, MoonOutlined, SunOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
-import { Button, Switch, Tag, Tooltip } from "antd";
+import { Button, Switch, Tag } from "antd";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { BlogDropdown } from "./Navbar/BlogDropdown/BlogDropdown";
@@ -48,12 +47,6 @@ const Navbar: React.FC<NavbarProps> = ({
   const { logoUrl } = useTheme();
   const { data: healthData } = useHealthReadiness();
   const version = healthData?.litellm_version;
-  const baseVersion = healthData?.litellm_base_version;
-  const buildSha = healthData?.litellm_build_sha;
-  // Only show the tooltip when the running build differs from the upstream
-  // base (i.e. an internal release) or when a build sha was injected.
-  const hasBuildInfo = Boolean(buildSha) || (baseVersion && baseVersion !== version);
-  const disableBouncingIcon = useDisableBouncingIcon();
 
   // Simple logo URL: use custom logo if available, otherwise default
   const imageUrl = logoUrl || `${baseUrl}/get_image`;
@@ -120,38 +113,7 @@ const Navbar: React.FC<NavbarProps> = ({
               </Link>
               {version && (
                 <div className="relative">
-                  {!disableBouncingIcon && (
-                    <span
-                      className="absolute -top-1 -left-2 text-lg animate-bounce"
-                      style={{ animationDuration: "2s" }}
-                      title="Thanks for using LiteLLM!"
-                    >
-                      🌑
-                    </span>
-                  )}
-                  <Tooltip
-                    title={
-                      hasBuildInfo ? (
-                        <div className="text-xs">
-                          {baseVersion && <div>Upstream base: v{baseVersion}</div>}
-                          {buildSha && <div>Build sha: {buildSha}</div>}
-                        </div>
-                      ) : (
-                        ""
-                      )
-                    }
-                  >
-                    <Tag className="relative text-xs font-medium cursor-pointer z-10">
-                      <a
-                        href="https://docs.litellm.ai/release_notes"
-                        target="_blank"
-                        rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                        className="flex-shrink-0"
-                      >
-                        v{version}
-                      </a>
-                    </Tag>
-                  </Tooltip>
+                  <Tag className="relative text-xs font-medium z-10">{version}</Tag>
                 </div>
               )}
             </div>