diff --git a/layouts/partials/menu.html b/layouts/partials/menu.html
index 532bfebb30..be4c716ab7 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/menu.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/menu.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <div id="R-content-wrapper" class="highlightable">
         <div id="R-topics">
           <ul class="enlarge morespace collapsible-menu">
-            {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .Site.Home "hidden" true) }}
+            {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .Site.Home) }}
             {{- $defaultAlwaysopen := .Site.Params.alwaysopen | default false }}
             {{- range $pages }}
               {{- template "section-tree-nav" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "showvisitedlinks" $showvisitedlinks "alwaysopen" $defaultAlwaysopen }}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         {{- $isSelf := eq .RelPermalink $currentFileRelPermalink }}
         {{- $isAncestor := and (not $isSelf) (.IsAncestor $currentNode) }}
         {{- $isActive := $isSelf }}
-        {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
+        {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .) }}
         {{- $relearnIsHiddenFrom := index ($currentNode.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenFrom") .RelPermalink }}
         {{- $hidden := and $relearnIsHiddenFrom (not $.showhidden) (not $isSelf) (not $isAncestor) }}
         {{- if $hidden }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo b/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo
index 2dada9901f..16270724bc 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {{- $page.Page.Store.Set (printf "%sIsNested" $outputFormat) true }}
 {{- with $page }}
   {{- $currentNode := . }}
-  {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
+  {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .) }}
   {{- template "section-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
   {{- if $pages }}
           <section>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   {{- with .sect }}
     {{- $isSelf := eq .RelPermalink $currentFileRelPermalink }}
     {{- $isAncestor := and (not $isSelf) (.IsAncestor $currentNode) }}
-    {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
+    {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .) }}
     {{- $relearnIsHiddenFrom := index ($currentNode.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenFrom") .RelPermalink }}
     {{- $hidden := and $relearnIsHiddenFrom (not $.showhidden) (not $isSelf) (not $isAncestor) }}
     {{- if $hidden }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo b/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
index 1dea5e9068..ea157ef321 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		{{- end }}
 	{{- end }}
 
-	{{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .node "hidden" true) }}
+	{{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .node) }}
 	{{- range $pages }}
 		{{- template "relearn-structure" dict "node" . "currentnode" $currentNode "hiddenstem" $hidden_stem "hiddencurrent" $hidden_from_current }}
 	{{- end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
index b720a02dc6..734d47a3d2 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
@@ -32,14 +32,4 @@
 	{{- $pages = $page.Pages }}
 {{- end }}
 
-{{- if not $hidden }}
-	{{- $nonhiddenpages := slice }}
-	{{- range $page := $pages }}
-		{{- if not (partial "pageHelper/isHidden.html" $page) }}
-			{{- $nonhiddenpages := $nonhiddenpages | append $page }}
-		{{- end }}
-	{{- end }}
-	{{- $pages = $nonhiddenpages }}
-{{- end }}
-
 {{- return $pages }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html b/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html
index bd005fa9d4..94ac4c2224 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 {{- with $page }}
 {{ (printf "<%s class=\"children children-%s children-sort-%s\">" $containerstyle $style $sortTerm)|safeHTML }}
-	{{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
+	{{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .) }}
 	{{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
 {{ (printf "</%s>" $containerstyle)|safeHTML }}
 {{- end }}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 {{- (printf "<%s>" $.containerstyle)|safeHTML }}
 				{{- end }}
 
-				{{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
+				{{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .) }}
 				{{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
 
 				{{- if eq $.style "li" }}