diff --git a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreNav.tsx b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreNav.tsx
index 9c829a348f..71ab71a6aa 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreNav.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreNav.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import {
   sidebarConfig,
   SidebarDivider,
   SidebarItem,
-  SidebarGroup,
 } from '@backstage/core-components';
 // eslint-disable-next-line @backstage/no-relative-monorepo-imports
 import LogoIcon from '../../../app/src/components/Root/LogoIcon';
@@ -66,15 +65,10 @@ const SidebarLogo = () => {
 };
 
 const SidebarNavItem = (props: NavTarget) => {
-  const { icon: Icon, title, group, routeRef } = props;
+  const { icon: Icon, title, routeRef } = props;
   const to = useRouteRef(routeRef)();
-  return group ? (
-    <SidebarGroup to={to} icon={<Icon />} label={title}>
-      {group}
-    </SidebarGroup>
-  ) : (
-    <SidebarItem to={to} icon={Icon} text={title} />
-  );
+  // TODO: Support opening modal, for example, the search one
+  return <SidebarItem to={to} icon={Icon} text={title} />;
 };
 
 export const CoreNav = createExtension({
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createNavItemExtension.tsx b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createNavItemExtension.tsx
index 723c9e9956..8c55531866 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createNavItemExtension.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createNavItemExtension.tsx
@@ -16,33 +16,19 @@
 
 import { IconComponent, RouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { createSchemaFromZod } from '../schema/createSchemaFromZod';
-import {
-  AnyExtensionInputMap,
-  ExtensionInputValues,
-  coreExtensionData,
-  createExtension,
-} from '../wiring';
-import { Expand } from '../wiring/createExtension';
-import { Suspense, lazy } from 'react';
-import React from 'react';
+import { coreExtensionData, createExtension } from '../wiring';
 
 /**
  * Helper for creating extensions for a nav item.
  * @public
  */
-export function createNavItemExtension<
-  TInputs extends AnyExtensionInputMap,
->(options: {
+export function createNavItemExtension(options: {
   id: string;
   routeRef: RouteRef;
   title: string;
   icon: IconComponent;
-  inputs?: TInputs;
-  group?: (options: {
-    inputs: Expand<ExtensionInputValues<TInputs>>;
-  }) => Promise<JSX.Element>;
 }) {
-  const { id, routeRef, title, icon, group } = options;
+  const { id, routeRef, title, icon } = options;
   return createExtension({
     id,
     at: 'core.nav/items',
@@ -51,28 +37,15 @@ export function createNavItemExtension<
         title: z.string().default(title),
       }),
     ),
-    inputs: options.inputs,
     output: {
       navTarget: coreExtensionData.navTarget,
     },
-    factory: ({ bind, config, inputs }) => {
-      const Group = group
-        ? (lazy(() =>
-            group({ inputs }).then(element => ({
-              default: () => element,
-            })),
-          ) as unknown as () => JSX.Element)
-        : undefined;
+    factory: ({ bind, config }) => {
       bind({
         navTarget: {
           title: config.title,
           icon,
           routeRef,
-          group: Group ? (
-            <Suspense fallback="...">
-              <Group />
-            </Suspense>
-          ) : undefined,
         },
       });
     },
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/coreExtensionData.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/coreExtensionData.ts
index d03513677d..079d5bcb18 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/coreExtensionData.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/wiring/coreExtensionData.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export type NavTarget = {
   title: string;
   icon: IconComponent;
   routeRef: RouteRef<{}>;
-  group?: JSX.Element;
 };
 
 /** @public */
diff --git a/plugins/search/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search/alpha-api-report.md
index dd1bce1f9f..5799ff5cd6 100644
--- a/plugins/search/alpha-api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search/alpha-api-report.md
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ export default _default;
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export const SearchApi: Extension<{}>;
 
-// @alpha (undocumented)
-export const SearchModal: Extension<never>;
-
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export const SearchNavItem: Extension<{
   title: string;
@@ -24,6 +21,7 @@ export const SearchNavItem: Extension<{
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export const SearchPage: Extension<{
   path: string;
+  noTrack: boolean;
 }>;
 
 // (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
diff --git a/plugins/search/src/alpha.tsx b/plugins/search/src/alpha.tsx
index 9eb9d489f4..2a9a714abd 100644
--- a/plugins/search/src/alpha.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search/src/alpha.tsx
@@ -14,24 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import React from 'react';
 
-import {
-  makeStyles,
-  Theme,
-  Grid,
-  Box,
-  Paper,
-  DialogActions,
-  DialogContent,
-  DialogTitle,
-  Button,
-  IconButton,
-} from '@material-ui/core';
-import CloseIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Close';
+import { makeStyles, Theme, Grid, Paper } from '@material-ui/core';
 import SearchIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Search';
-import ArrowForwardIcon from '@material-ui/icons/ArrowForward';
 
 import {
   CatalogIcon,
@@ -56,8 +42,6 @@ import {
   createPageExtension,
   createExtensionInput,
   createNavItemExtension,
-  createExtensionDataRef,
-  createExtension,
   createSchemaFromZod,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 
@@ -83,8 +67,6 @@ import { searchResultItemExtensionData } from '@backstage/plugin-search-react/al
 import { SearchClient } from './apis';
 import { SearchType } from './components/SearchType';
 import { UrlUpdater } from './components/SearchPage/SearchPage';
-import { SidebarSearchModal } from './components/SidebarSearchModal/SidebarSearchModal';
-import { useSearchModal } from './components/SearchModal';
 
 /** @alpha */
 export const SearchApi = createApiExtension({
@@ -248,249 +230,16 @@ export const SearchPage = createPageExtension({
   },
 });
 
-const searchModalExtensionData = createExtensionDataRef<JSX.Element>(
-  'plugin.search.modal.element',
-);
-
-const useSearchModalStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
-  dialogTitle: {
-    gap: theme.spacing(1),
-    display: 'grid',
-    alignItems: 'center',
-    gridTemplateColumns: '1fr auto',
-    '&> button': {
-      marginTop: theme.spacing(1),
-    },
-  },
-  container: {
-    borderRadius: 30,
-    display: 'flex',
-    height: '2.4em',
-    padding: theme.spacing(1),
-  },
-  filter: {
-    '& + &': {
-      marginTop: theme.spacing(2.5),
-    },
-  },
-  filters: {
-    padding: theme.spacing(2),
-    marginTop: theme.spacing(2),
-  },
-  input: {
-    flex: 1,
-  },
-  button: {
-    '&:hover': {
-      background: 'none',
-    },
-  },
-  dialogActionsContainer: { padding: theme.spacing(1, 3) },
-  viewResultsLink: { verticalAlign: '0.5em' },
-}));
-
-/** @alpha */
-export const SearchModal = createExtension({
-  id: 'plugin.search.modal',
-  at: 'plugin.search.nav.index/modal',
-  configSchema: createSchemaFromZod(z =>
-    z.object({
-      noTrack: z.boolean().default(false),
-    }),
-  ),
-  inputs: {
-    items: createExtensionInput({
-      item: searchResultItemExtensionData,
-    }),
-  },
-  output: {
-    element: searchModalExtensionData,
-  },
-  factory({ bind, config, inputs }) {
-    const getResultItemComponent = (result: SearchResult) => {
-      const value = inputs.items.find(({ item }) => item?.predicate?.(result));
-      return value?.item.component ?? DefaultResultListItem;
-    };
-
-    const Component = () => {
-      const classes = useSearchModalStyles();
-      const navigate = useNavigate();
-      const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
-
-      const { types } = useSearch();
-      const { toggleModal } = useSearchModal();
-      const searchRootRoute = '/search';
-      const searchBarRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
-
-      useEffect(() => {
-        searchBarRef?.current?.focus();
-      });
-
-      // This handler is called when "enter" is pressed
-      const handleSearchBarSubmit = useCallback(() => {
-        toggleModal();
-        // Using ref to get the current field value without waiting for a query debounce
-        const query = searchBarRef.current?.value ?? '';
-        navigate(`${searchRootRoute}?query=${query}`);
-      }, [navigate, toggleModal, searchRootRoute]);
-
-      return (
-        <>
-          <DialogTitle>
-            <Box className={classes.dialogTitle}>
-              <SearchBar
-                className={classes.input}
-                inputProps={{ ref: searchBarRef }}
-                onSubmit={handleSearchBarSubmit}
-              />
-
-              <IconButton aria-label="close" onClick={toggleModal}>
-                <CloseIcon />
-              </IconButton>
-            </Box>
-          </DialogTitle>
-          <DialogContent>
-            <Grid container direction="column">
-              <Grid item>
-                <SearchType.Tabs
-                  defaultValue="software-catalog"
-                  types={[
-                    {
-                      value: 'software-catalog',
-                      name: 'Software Catalog',
-                    },
-                    {
-                      value: 'techdocs',
-                      name: 'Documentation',
-                    },
-                    {
-                      value: 'tools',
-                      name: 'Tools',
-                    },
-                  ]}
-                />
-              </Grid>
-              <Grid item container>
-                {types.includes('techdocs') && (
-                  <Grid item xs={2}>
-                    <SearchFilter.Select
-                      className={classes.filter}
-                      label="Entity"
-                      name="name"
-                      values={async () => {
-                        // Return a list of entities which are documented.
-                        const { items } = await catalogApi.getEntities({
-                          fields: ['metadata.name'],
-                          filter: {
-                            'metadata.annotations.backstage.io/techdocs-ref':
-                              CATALOG_FILTER_EXISTS,
-                          },
-                        });
-
-                        const names = items.map(entity => entity.metadata.name);
-                        names.sort();
-                        return names;
-                      }}
-                    />
-                  </Grid>
-                )}
-                <Grid item xs={2}>
-                  <SearchFilter.Select
-                    className={classes.filter}
-                    label="Kind"
-                    name="kind"
-                    values={['Component', 'Template']}
-                  />
-                </Grid>
-                <Grid item xs={2}>
-                  <SearchFilter.Select
-                    className={classes.filter}
-                    label="Lifecycle"
-                    name="lifecycle"
-                    values={['experimental', 'production']}
-                  />
-                </Grid>
-                <Grid
-                  item
-                  xs={types.includes('techdocs') ? 6 : 8}
-                  container
-                  direction="row-reverse"
-                  justifyContent="flex-start"
-                  alignItems="center"
-                >
-                  <Grid item>
-                    <Button
-                      className={classes.button}
-                      color="primary"
-                      endIcon={<ArrowForwardIcon />}
-                      onClick={handleSearchBarSubmit}
-                      disableRipple
-                    >
-                      View Full Results
-                    </Button>
-                  </Grid>
-                </Grid>
-              </Grid>
-              <Grid item xs>
-                <SearchResults>
-                  {({ results }) =>
-                    results.map((result, index) => {
-                      const SearchResultListItem =
-                        getResultItemComponent(result);
-                      return (
-                        <SearchResultListItem
-                          key={index}
-                          rank={result.rank}
-                          result={result.document}
-                          noTrack={config.noTrack}
-                        />
-                      );
-                    })
-                  }
-                </SearchResults>
-              </Grid>
-            </Grid>
-          </DialogContent>
-          <DialogActions className={classes.dialogActionsContainer}>
-            <Grid container direction="row">
-              <Grid item xs={12}>
-                <SearchResultPager />
-              </Grid>
-            </Grid>
-          </DialogActions>
-        </>
-      );
-    };
-
-    bind({
-      element: <Component />,
-    });
-  },
-});
-
 /** @alpha */
 export const SearchNavItem = createNavItemExtension({
   id: 'plugin.search.nav.index',
   routeRef: searchRouteRef,
   title: 'Search',
   icon: SearchIcon,
-  group: async ({ inputs }) => (
-    <SidebarSearchModal>{() => inputs.modal.element}</SidebarSearchModal>
-  ),
-  inputs: {
-    modal: createExtensionInput(
-      {
-        element: searchModalExtensionData,
-      },
-      {
-        singleton: true,
-      },
-    ),
-  },
 });
 
 /** @alpha */
 export default createPlugin({
   id: 'plugin.search',
-  extensions: [SearchApi, SearchPage, SearchModal, SearchNavItem],
+  extensions: [SearchApi, SearchPage, SearchNavItem],
 });