diff --git a/include/sfx2/thumbnailview.hxx b/include/sfx2/thumbnailview.hxx
index f67eeddb05e5..657b1048bab6 100644
--- a/include/sfx2/thumbnailview.hxx
+++ b/include/sfx2/thumbnailview.hxx
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ class SFX2_DLLPUBLIC ThumbnailView : public weld::CustomWidgetController
     friend class ThumbnailViewItemAcc;
 
 public:
-    ThumbnailView(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> xWindow, std::unique_ptr<weld::Menu> xMenu);
+    ThumbnailView(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> xWindow,
+                  std::unique_ptr<weld::Menu> xMenu = {});
 
     virtual ~ThumbnailView() override;
 
diff --git a/sfx2/inc/recentdocsview.hxx b/sfx2/inc/recentdocsview.hxx
index 42b57497ed9e..11cae9ffa63d 100644
--- a/sfx2/inc/recentdocsview.hxx
+++ b/sfx2/inc/recentdocsview.hxx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace sfx2
 class RecentDocsView final : public ThumbnailView
 {
 public:
-    RecentDocsView(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> xWindow, std::unique_ptr<weld::Menu> xMenu);
+    RecentDocsView(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> xWindow);
     virtual ~RecentDocsView() override;
 
     void insertItem(const OUString& rURL, const OUString& rTitle, const OUString& rThumbnail,
diff --git a/sfx2/source/control/recentdocsview.cxx b/sfx2/source/control/recentdocsview.cxx
index dc4f415acf4d..a55cc03cd2c2 100644
--- a/sfx2/source/control/recentdocsview.cxx
+++ b/sfx2/source/control/recentdocsview.cxx
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ namespace sfx2
 constexpr tools::Long gnTextHeight = 30;
 constexpr tools::Long gnItemPadding = 5;
 
-RecentDocsView::RecentDocsView(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> xWindow, std::unique_ptr<weld::Menu> xMenu)
-    : ThumbnailView(std::move(xWindow), std::move(xMenu))
+RecentDocsView::RecentDocsView(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> xWindow)
+    : ThumbnailView(std::move(xWindow))
     , mnFileTypes(ApplicationType::TYPE_NONE)
     , mnLastMouseDownItem(THUMBNAILVIEW_ITEM_NOTFOUND)
     , maWelcomeLine1(SfxResId(STR_WELCOME_LINE1))
diff --git a/sfx2/source/dialog/backingwindow.cxx b/sfx2/source/dialog/backingwindow.cxx
index b1e5c7e81bdc..29a9753e4ec1 100644
--- a/sfx2/source/dialog/backingwindow.cxx
+++ b/sfx2/source/dialog/backingwindow.cxx
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ BackingWindow::BackingWindow(vcl::Window* i_pParent)
     , mxAllButtonsBox(m_xBuilder->weld_container(u"all_buttons_box"_ustr))
     , mxButtonsBox(m_xBuilder->weld_container(u"buttons_box"_ustr))
     , mxSmallButtonsBox(m_xBuilder->weld_container(u"small_buttons_box"_ustr))
-    , mxAllRecentThumbnails(new sfx2::RecentDocsView(m_xBuilder->weld_scrolled_window(u"scrollrecent"_ustr, true),
-                                                     m_xBuilder->weld_menu(u"recentmenu"_ustr)))
+    , mxAllRecentThumbnails(new sfx2::RecentDocsView(m_xBuilder->weld_scrolled_window(u"scrollrecent"_ustr, true)))
     , mxAllRecentThumbnailsWin(new weld::CustomWeld(*m_xBuilder, u"all_recent"_ustr, *mxAllRecentThumbnails))
     , mxLocalView(new TemplateDefaultView(m_xBuilder->weld_scrolled_window(u"scrolllocal"_ustr, true),
                                           m_xBuilder->weld_menu(u"localmenu"_ustr)))
diff --git a/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/startcenter.ui b/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/startcenter.ui
index 1d829413bb3a..19c3bd7b250e 100644
--- a/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/startcenter.ui
+++ b/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/startcenter.ui
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
     <property name="can-focus">False</property>
     <property name="icon-name">framework/res/remote-documents.png</property>
   </object>
-  <object class="GtkMenu" id="recentmenu">
-    <property name="visible">True</property>
-    <property name="can-focus">False</property>
-  </object>
   <object class="GtkImage" id="templates_all_image">
     <property name="visible">True</property>
     <property name="can-focus">False</property>