diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/popups/notifications/NotificationPopup.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/popups/notifications/NotificationPopup.qml
index dcb1811b..76958487 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/popups/notifications/NotificationPopup.qml
+++ b/components/mobileshell/qml/popups/notifications/NotificationPopup.qml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Item {
         onTriggered: {
             visible = true;
             updateNotificationPopups();
-            checkActionDrawerOpened();
         }
     }
 
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ Item {
             }
             return true;
         }
-        onTriggered: notificationPopup.closePopup(popupIndex)
+        onTriggered: notificationPopup.closePopup(popupIndex);
     }
 
     // the value of how much time is left, normalized from 1 to 0
@@ -180,9 +179,6 @@ Item {
             popupNotifications.currentPopupIndex = popupIndex;
         }
     }
-    // if the action drawer opens, it is best to dismiss all popup notifications
-    onIsActionDrawerOpenChanged: checkActionDrawerOpened()
-
     property bool isActionDrawerOpen: MobileShellState.ShellDBusClient.isActionDrawerOpen
 
     property bool waiting: true
@@ -214,16 +210,6 @@ Item {
         return model.timeout;
     }
 
-    // check if the action drawer is opened and the popup is fully created
-    // if so, close the popup with a scale effect
-    function checkActionDrawerOpened() {
-        if (isActionDrawerOpen && popupNotifications.objectAt(popupIndex)) {
-            notificationPopup.expired();
-            keyboardInteractivity = LayerShell.Window.KeyboardInteractivityNone;
-            notificationItem.state = "closeWithScale";
-        }
-    }
-
     // show the top most notification in the list and move the rest to the popup drawer
     function updateNotificationPopups() {
         if (popupCount != 1) {
@@ -520,7 +506,7 @@ Item {
                             notificationPopup.preventDismissTimeout = true;
                             if (notificationPopup.dismissTimeout) {
                                 notificationPopup.dismissClicked();
-                            } else if (!notificationPopup.isActionDrawerOpen) {
+                            } else {
                                 notificationPopup.expired();
                             }
                         }