diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/DataProvider.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/DataProvider.php
index 5e86582c0b7b15ae7ab88bb8dbedb4b6d54c4402..e54f03696674f431802e64e36c7d1e984c58296d 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/DataProvider.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/DataProvider.php
@@ -556,8 +556,7 @@ class DataProvider extends \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Tree\AbstractTreeDataProvider
                 QueryHelper::stripLogicalOperatorPrefix($GLOBALS['BE_USER']->getPagePermsClause(1)),
                 // Only show records in default language
                 $queryBuilder->expr()->eq('sys_language_uid', $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter(0, \PDO::PARAM_INT))
-            )
-            ->orderBy('sorting');
+            );
         if ((int)$id >= 0) {
             $queryBuilder->andWhere(
                 $queryBuilder->expr()->eq('pid', $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter($id, \PDO::PARAM_INT))