diff --git a/settings/Controller/AdminSettingsController.php b/settings/Controller/AdminSettingsController.php
index 0114ee73d9..e2ad577024 100644
--- a/settings/Controller/AdminSettingsController.php
+++ b/settings/Controller/AdminSettingsController.php
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ use OCP\Template;
 class AdminSettingsController extends Controller {
 	use CommonSettingsTrait;
 
-	/** @var INavigationManager */
-	private $navigationManager;
-
 	/**
 	 * @param string $appName
 	 * @param IRequest $request
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@ class AdminSettingsController extends Controller {
 	 * @NoCSRFRequired
 	 */
 	public function index($section) {
-		$this->navigationManager->setActiveEntry('admin');
 		return $this->getIndexResponse('admin', $section);
 	}
 
diff --git a/settings/Controller/CommonSettingsTrait.php b/settings/Controller/CommonSettingsTrait.php
index 82d675531a..3d314d9ed5 100644
--- a/settings/Controller/CommonSettingsTrait.php
+++ b/settings/Controller/CommonSettingsTrait.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 namespace OC\Settings\Controller;
 
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
+use OCP\INavigationManager;
 use OCP\Settings\IManager as ISettingsManager;
 use OCP\Settings\IIconSection;
 use OCP\Settings\ISettings;
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ trait CommonSettingsTrait  {
 	/** @var ISettingsManager */
 	private $settingsManager;
 
+	/** @var INavigationManager */
+	private $navigationManager;
+
 	/**
 	 * @param string $currentSection
 	 * @return array
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ trait CommonSettingsTrait  {
 	}
 
 	private function getIndexResponse($type, $section) {
+		$this->navigationManager->setActiveEntry('settings');
 		$templateParams = [];
 		$templateParams = array_merge($templateParams, $this->getNavigationParameters($type, $section));
 		$templateParams = array_merge($templateParams, $this->getSettings($section));
diff --git a/settings/Controller/PersonalSettingsController.php b/settings/Controller/PersonalSettingsController.php
index ad4eb69c32..9ec7ce7264 100644
--- a/settings/Controller/PersonalSettingsController.php
+++ b/settings/Controller/PersonalSettingsController.php
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ use OCP\Template;
 class PersonalSettingsController extends Controller {
 	use CommonSettingsTrait;
 
-	/** @var INavigationManager */
-	private $navigationManager;
-
 	public function __construct(
 		$appName,
 		IRequest $request,
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ class PersonalSettingsController extends Controller {
 	 * @NoSubadminRequired
 	 */
 	public function index($section) {
-		$this->navigationManager->setActiveEntry('personal');
 		return $this->getIndexResponse('personal', $section);
 
 	}