diff --git a/web-common/src/features/canvas/BlankCanvas.svelte b/web-common/src/features/canvas/BlankCanvas.svelte
index 20e2b01dfb2..4eb6888b1a8 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/canvas/BlankCanvas.svelte
+++ b/web-common/src/features/canvas/BlankCanvas.svelte
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { PlusCircleIcon } from "lucide-svelte";
-  import {
-    ContextMenu,
-    ContextMenuContent,
-    ContextMenuItem,
-    ContextMenuTrigger,
-  } from "@rilldata/web-common/components/context-menu";
-  import type { CanvasComponentType } from "./components/types";
-  import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte";
-  import { menuItems } from "./components/menu-items.svelte";
-
-  const dispatch = createEventDispatcher();
-
-  function handleAddComponent(componentType: CanvasComponentType) {
-    dispatch("add", { type: componentType });
-  }
 
   function handleButtonClick(event: MouseEvent) {
     const contextMenuEvent = new MouseEvent("contextmenu", {
@@ -27,31 +12,14 @@
 </script>
 
 <div class="size-full p-4 bg-white">
-  <ContextMenu>
-    <ContextMenuTrigger>
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        class="blank-canvas-button flex flex-col items-center gap-2 p-8 rounded-[6px] border border-slate-200 w-full"
-        on:click={handleButtonClick}
-      >
-        <PlusCircleIcon class="w-6 h-6 text-slate-500" />
-        <span class="text-sm font-medium text-slate-500">Add a component</span>
-      </button>
-    </ContextMenuTrigger>
-    <ContextMenuContent>
-      {#each menuItems as item}
-        <ContextMenuItem
-          on:click={() => handleAddComponent(item.id)}
-          class="text-gray-700 text-xs"
-        >
-          <div class="flex flex-row gap-x-2">
-            <svelte:component this={item.icon} />
-            <span class="text-gray-700 text-xs font-normal">{item.label}</span>
-          </div>
-        </ContextMenuItem>
-      {/each}
-    </ContextMenuContent>
-  </ContextMenu>
+  <button
+    type="button"
+    class="blank-canvas-button flex flex-col items-center gap-2 p-8 rounded-[6px] border border-slate-200 w-full"
+    on:click={handleButtonClick}
+  >
+    <PlusCircleIcon class="w-6 h-6 text-slate-500" />
+    <span class="text-sm font-medium text-slate-500">Add a component</span>
+  </button>
 </div>
 
 <style lang="postcss">
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/canvas/Canvas.svelte b/web-common/src/features/canvas/Canvas.svelte
index 5ca0522cc05..5928386ffb5 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/canvas/Canvas.svelte
+++ b/web-common/src/features/canvas/Canvas.svelte
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
     on:contextmenu={handleContextMenu}
   >
     {#if items.length === 0}
-      <BlankCanvas on:add={handleAdd} />
+      <BlankCanvas />
     {:else}
       <CanvasDashboardPreview
         {items}
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/canvas/components/menu-items.ts b/web-common/src/features/canvas/components/menu-items.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891791..00000000000
--- a/web-common/src/features/canvas/components/menu-items.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-