diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js
index dda345285..afd4c12fe 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export default class ScopesRoute extends Route {
     try {
       const scopesCheck = await adapter.query(this.store, scopeSchema, {
         page_size: 1,
-        recursive: true,
       });
       // we use the response_type to determine if pagination is supported
       // and this will still pass even if there are no scopes returned