diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/dbstashcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/dbstashcomponent.cpp
index a1ed1c2f7..1eb3b28c8 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/dbstashcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/dbstashcomponent.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(this->ui->pb_Livery, &QPushButton::pressed, this, &CDbStashComponent::ps_copyOverPartsToSelected);
             connect(this->ui->pb_Distributor, &QPushButton::pressed, this, &CDbStashComponent::ps_copyOverPartsToSelected);
 
-            ui->tvp_StashAircraftModels->menuAddItems(CAircraftModelView::MenuRemoveSelectedRows | CAircraftModelView::MenuHighlightInvalid);
+            ui->tvp_StashAircraftModels->menuAddItems(CAircraftModelView::MenuRemoveSelectedRows);
             ui->tvp_StashAircraftModels->setHighlightModelStrings(true);
             ui->tvp_StashAircraftModels->setHighlightModelStringsColor(Qt::red);
             this->enableButtonRow();
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp
index 7d11749cb..c06f06936 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp
@@ -280,13 +280,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 a->setCheckable(true);
                 a->setChecked(this->derivedModel()->highlightModelStrings());
             }
-            if (this->m_menus.testFlag(MenuHighlightInvalid))
-            {
-                // this function requires that someone provides the model strings to be highlighted
-                QAction *a = stashMenu->addAction(CIcons::appDbStash16(), "Highlight invalid models (on/off)", this, &CAircraftModelView::ps_toggleHighlightDbData);
-                a->setCheckable(true);
-                a->setChecked(this->derivedModel()->highlightDbData());
-            }
             if (stashMenu->isEmpty())
             {
                 stashMenu->deleteLater();
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
index c38785384..c53a3cfc9 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 MenuHighlightStashed     = 1 << 10,  //!< highlight stashed models
                 MenuCanStashModels       = 1 << 11,  //!< stash models
                 MenuStashing             = MenuHighlightStashed | MenuCanStashModels,
-                MenuHighlightInvalid     = 1 << 12   //!< highlight invalid models
             };
             Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Menu, MenuFlag)