diff --git a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModActionMenu.tsx b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModActionMenu.tsx
index 1fef83339..9b1e87f4e 100644
--- a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModActionMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModActionMenu.tsx
@@ -28,44 +28,49 @@ import styles from "./ActionMenu.module.scss";
 import EllipsisMenu, {
   type EllipsisMenuItem,
 } from "@/components/ellipsisMenu/EllipsisMenu";
-import { type AddNewModComponent } from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useAddNewModComponent";
+import useAddNewModComponent from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useAddNewModComponent";
 import { useAvailableFormStateAdapters } from "@/pageEditor/starterBricks/adapter";
+import useDeactivateMod from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useDeactivateMod";
+import useSaveMod from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useSaveMod";
+import { type ModMetadata } from "@/types/modComponentTypes";
+import useClearModChanges from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useClearModChanges";
+import { isInnerDefinitionRegistryId } from "@/types/helpers";
+import { actions } from "@/pageEditor/store/editor/editorSlice";
+import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
+import {
+  selectActiveModId,
+  selectModIsDirty,
+} from "@/pageEditor/store/editor/editorSelectors";
 
-type OptionalAction = (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
-
-type ActionMenuProps = {
-  isDirty: boolean;
-  isActive: boolean;
+const ModActionMenu: React.FC<{
+  modMetadata: ModMetadata;
   labelRoot: string;
-  onDeactivate: () => Promise<void>;
-  onMakeCopy: () => Promise<void>;
-  onAddStarterBrick: AddNewModComponent;
-  // Actions only defined if there are changes
-  onSave: OptionalAction;
-  onClearChanges: OptionalAction;
-};
+}> = ({ modMetadata, labelRoot }) => {
+  const { id: modId } = modMetadata;
+  const activeModId = useSelector(selectActiveModId);
 
-const ModActionMenu: React.FC<ActionMenuProps> = ({
-  isActive,
-  labelRoot,
-  isDirty,
-  onAddStarterBrick,
-  onDeactivate,
-  onMakeCopy,
-  // Convert to null because EllipsisMenuItem expects null vs. undefined
-  onSave = null,
-  onClearChanges = null,
-}) => {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const modComponentFormStateAdapters = useAvailableFormStateAdapters();
 
+  const deactivateMod = useDeactivateMod();
+  const saveMod = useSaveMod();
+  const clearModChanges = useClearModChanges();
+  const addNewModComponent = useAddNewModComponent(modMetadata);
+
+  const isUnsavedMod = isInnerDefinitionRegistryId(modId);
+  const isDirty = useSelector(selectModIsDirty(modId));
+  const isActive = activeModId === modId;
+
   const menuItems: EllipsisMenuItem[] = [
     {
       title: "Clear Changes",
       icon: <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faHistory} fixedWidth />,
-      action: onClearChanges,
-      // Always show Clear Changes button, even if there are no changes so the UI is more consistent / the user doesn't
-      // wonder why the menu item is missing
-      disabled: !isDirty || !onClearChanges,
+      async action() {
+        await clearModChanges(modId);
+      },
+      // Always show Clear Changes button, even if there are no changes or the mod is an unsaved mod so the UI is more
+      // consistent / the user doesn't wonder why the menu item is missing
+      disabled: !isDirty || isUnsavedMod,
     },
     {
       title: "Add Starter Brick",
@@ -73,34 +78,37 @@ const ModActionMenu: React.FC<ActionMenuProps> = ({
       submenu: modComponentFormStateAdapters.map((adapter) => ({
         title: adapter.label,
         action() {
-          onAddStarterBrick(adapter);
+          addNewModComponent(adapter);
         },
         icon: <FontAwesomeIcon icon={adapter.icon} fixedWidth />,
       })),
-      hide: !onAddStarterBrick,
     },
     {
       title: "Make a copy",
       icon: <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faClone} fixedWidth />,
-      action: onMakeCopy,
+      async action() {
+        dispatch(actions.showCreateModModal({ keepLocalCopy: true }));
+      },
     },
     {
       title: "Deactivate",
       icon: <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faTimes} fixedWidth />,
-      action: onDeactivate,
-      hide: !onDeactivate,
+      async action() {
+        await deactivateMod({ modId });
+      },
     },
   ];
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.root}>
-      {onSave != null && (
-        <SaveButton
-          ariaLabel={labelRoot ? `${labelRoot} - Save` : undefined}
-          onClick={onSave}
-          disabled={!isDirty}
-        />
-      )}
+      {/* TODO: did we really want to always show SaveButton? That is the current behavior as of 2.1.5-beta.1 */}
+      <SaveButton
+        ariaLabel={labelRoot ? `${labelRoot} - Save` : undefined}
+        onClick={async () => {
+          await saveMod(modId);
+        }}
+        disabled={!isDirty}
+      />
       {isActive && (
         <EllipsisMenu
           portal
diff --git a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModComponents.tsx b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModComponents.tsx
index aa58c70db..b0e650242 100644
--- a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModComponents.tsx
+++ b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModComponents.tsx
@@ -33,17 +33,12 @@ import {
   selectNotDeletedModComponentFormStates,
   selectNotDeletedActivatedModComponents,
 } from "@/pageEditor/store/editor/editorSelectors";
-import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
-import useSaveMod from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useSaveMod";
-import useClearModChanges from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useClearModChanges";
-import useDeactivateMod from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useDeactivateMod";
+import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
 import ModComponentListItem from "./ModComponentListItem";
-import { actions } from "@/pageEditor/store/editor/editorSlice";
 import { useDebounce } from "use-debounce";
 import filterSidebarItems from "@/pageEditor/modListingPanel/filterSidebarItems";
 
 const ModComponents: React.FunctionComponent = () => {
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const activeModComponentId = useSelector(selectActiveModComponentId);
   const activeModId = useSelector(selectActiveModId);
   const expandedModId = useSelector(selectExpandedModId);
@@ -87,31 +82,12 @@ const ModComponents: React.FunctionComponent = () => {
     ],
   );
 
-  const saveMod = useSaveMod();
-  const clearModChanges = useClearModChanges();
-  const deactivateMod = useDeactivateMod();
-
   const listItems = filteredSidebarItems.map((sidebarItem) => {
     if (isModSidebarItem(sidebarItem)) {
       const { modMetadata, modComponents } = sidebarItem;
 
       return (
-        <ModListItem
-          key={modMetadata.id}
-          modMetadata={modMetadata}
-          onSave={async () => {
-            await saveMod(modMetadata.id);
-          }}
-          onClearChanges={async () => {
-            await clearModChanges(modMetadata.id);
-          }}
-          onDeactivate={async () => {
-            await deactivateMod({ modId: modMetadata.id });
-          }}
-          onMakeCopy={async () => {
-            dispatch(actions.showCreateModModal({ keepLocalCopy: true }));
-          }}
-        >
+        <ModListItem key={modMetadata.id} modMetadata={modMetadata}>
           {modComponents.map((modComponentSidebarItem) => (
             <ModComponentListItem
               key={getModComponentItemId(modComponentSidebarItem)}
diff --git a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.test.tsx b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.test.tsx
index 8d8b2f66b..d6126013d 100644
--- a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.test.tsx
+++ b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.test.tsx
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ describe("ModListItem", () => {
     render(
       <Accordion defaultActiveKey={modMetadata.id}>
         <ListGroup>
-          <ModListItem
-            modMetadata={modMetadata}
-            onSave={jest.fn()}
-            onClearChanges={jest.fn()}
-            onDeactivate={jest.fn()}
-            onMakeCopy={jest.fn()}
-          >
+          <ModListItem modMetadata={modMetadata}>
             <div>test children</div>
           </ModListItem>
         </ListGroup>
@@ -69,13 +63,7 @@ describe("ModListItem", () => {
     render(
       <Accordion>
         <ListGroup>
-          <ModListItem
-            modMetadata={modMetadata}
-            onSave={jest.fn()}
-            onClearChanges={jest.fn()}
-            onDeactivate={jest.fn()}
-            onMakeCopy={jest.fn()}
-          >
+          <ModListItem modMetadata={modMetadata}>
             <div>test children</div>
           </ModListItem>
         </ListGroup>
@@ -109,13 +97,7 @@ describe("ModListItem", () => {
     render(
       <Accordion defaultActiveKey={modMetadata.id}>
         <ListGroup>
-          <ModListItem
-            modMetadata={modMetadata}
-            onSave={jest.fn()}
-            onClearChanges={jest.fn()}
-            onDeactivate={jest.fn()}
-            onMakeCopy={jest.fn()}
-          >
+          <ModListItem modMetadata={modMetadata}>
             <div>test children</div>
           </ModListItem>
         </ListGroup>
diff --git a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.tsx b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.tsx
index c3fa69d73..3256df055 100644
--- a/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.tsx
+++ b/src/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModListItem.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-import React, { type PropsWithChildren } from "react";
+import React from "react";
 import styles from "./Entry.module.scss";
 import { ModHasUpdateIcon } from "@/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModComponentIcons";
 import { Accordion, ListGroup } from "react-bootstrap";
@@ -33,38 +33,21 @@ import {
   selectActiveModId,
   selectDirtyMetadataForModId,
   selectExpandedModId,
-  selectModIsDirty,
 } from "@/pageEditor/store/editor/editorSelectors";
 import * as semver from "semver";
 import { useGetModDefinitionQuery } from "@/data/service/api";
-import useAddNewModComponent from "@/pageEditor/hooks/useAddNewModComponent";
 import { type ModMetadata } from "@/types/modComponentTypes";
-import { isInnerDefinitionRegistryId } from "@/types/helpers";
 import ModActionMenu from "@/pageEditor/modListingPanel/ModActionMenu";
 
-export type ModListItemProps = PropsWithChildren<{
+const ModListItem: React.FC<{
   modMetadata: ModMetadata;
-  onSave: () => Promise<void>;
-  onClearChanges: () => Promise<void>;
-  onDeactivate: () => Promise<void>;
-  onMakeCopy: () => Promise<void>;
-}>;
-
-const ModListItem: React.FC<ModListItemProps> = ({
-  modMetadata,
-  children,
-  onSave,
-  onClearChanges,
-  onDeactivate,
-  onMakeCopy,
-}) => {
+}> = ({ modMetadata, children }) => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const activeModId = useSelector(selectActiveModId);
   const expandedModId = useSelector(selectExpandedModId);
   const activeModComponentFormState = useSelector(
     selectActiveModComponentFormState,
   );
-  const addNewModComponent = useAddNewModComponent(modMetadata);
 
   const { id: modId, name: savedName, version: activatedVersion } = modMetadata;
   const isActive = activeModId === modId;
@@ -80,9 +63,6 @@ const ModListItem: React.FC<ModListItemProps> = ({
 
   const dirtyName = useSelector(selectDirtyMetadataForModId(modId))?.name;
   const name = dirtyName ?? savedName ?? "Loading...";
-  const isDirty = useSelector(selectModIsDirty(modId));
-
-  const isUnsavedMod = isInnerDefinitionRegistryId(modMetadata.id);
 
   const hasUpdate =
     latestModVersion != null &&
@@ -115,16 +95,7 @@ const ModListItem: React.FC<ModListItemProps> = ({
             />
           </span>
         )}
-        <ModActionMenu
-          isActive={isActive}
-          labelRoot={name}
-          onSave={onSave}
-          onClearChanges={isUnsavedMod ? undefined : onClearChanges}
-          onDeactivate={onDeactivate}
-          onAddStarterBrick={addNewModComponent}
-          onMakeCopy={onMakeCopy}
-          isDirty={isDirty}
-        />
+        <ModActionMenu modMetadata={modMetadata} labelRoot={name} />
       </Accordion.Toggle>
       <Accordion.Collapse eventKey={modId}>
         <>{children}</>