diff --git a/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts b/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts
index 044cc8b5f..76de0cfed 100644
--- a/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ export class SlickVanillaGridBundle {
 
     // when a hierarchical dataset is set afterward, we can reset the flat dataset and call a tree data sort that will overwrite the flat dataset
     if (this.dataView && newHierarchicalDataset && this.slickGrid && this.sortService?.processTreeDataInitialSort) {
-      this.dataView.setItems([], this._gridOptions?.datasetIdPropertyName ?? 'id');
       this.sortService.processTreeDataInitialSort();
 
       // we also need to reset/refresh the Tree Data filters because if we inserted new item(s) then it might not show up without doing this refresh