diff --git a/_config.php b/_config.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d4758a88..00000000
--- a/_config.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-use SilverStripe\Admin\CMSMenu;
-use SilverStripe\LinkField\Controllers\LinkFieldController;
-
-CMSMenu::remove_menu_class(LinkFieldController::class);
diff --git a/src/Controllers/LinkFieldController.php b/src/Controllers/LinkFieldController.php
index a7c83ad6..0df9ad7b 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/LinkFieldController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/LinkFieldController.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class LinkFieldController extends LeftAndMain
 
     private static string $url_segment = 'linkfield';
 
+    private static $ignore_menuitem = true;
+
     private static array $url_handlers = [
         'linkForm/$ItemID' => 'linkForm',
         'GET data/$ItemID' => 'linkData',