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diff --git a/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue b/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue
index 271d759e73..77ea4c07fa 100644
--- a/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
             <section class="dataset-collection-panel d-flex flex-column">
                 <section>
                     <CollectionNavigation
-                        ref="collectionNav"
                         :history="history"
                         :selected-collections="selectedCollections"
                         v-on="$listeners" />
@@ -86,7 +85,8 @@ export default {
     },
     watch: {
         history() {
-            this.$refs.collectionNav.close();
+            // Send up event closing out selected collection on history change.
+            this.$emit("update:selected-collections", []);
         },
     },
     methods: {