diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 7e53cf231a14e..54171733c30f6 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -1960,19 +1960,13 @@ fn sidebar_assoc_items(cx: &Context<'_>, out: &mut Buffer, it: &clean::Item) {
                 .filter(|i| i.inner_impl().trait_.is_some())
                 .find(|i| i.inner_impl().trait_.def_id_full(cache) == cx.cache.deref_trait_did)
             {
-                sidebar_deref_methods(cx, out, impl_, v, FxHashSet::default());
+                sidebar_deref_methods(cx, out, impl_, v);
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn sidebar_deref_methods(
-    cx: &Context<'_>,
-    out: &mut Buffer,
-    impl_: &Impl,
-    v: &Vec<Impl>,
-    mut already_seen: FxHashSet<DefId>,
-) {
+fn sidebar_deref_methods(cx: &Context<'_>, out: &mut Buffer, impl_: &Impl, v: &Vec<Impl>) {
     let c = cx.cache();
 
     debug!("found Deref: {:?}", impl_);
@@ -2029,27 +2023,6 @@ fn sidebar_deref_methods(
                 out.push_str("</div>");
             }
         }
-
-        // Recurse into any further impls that might exist for `target`
-        if let Some(target_did) = target.def_id_full(c) {
-            if let Some(target_impls) = c.impls.get(&target_did) {
-                if let Some(target_deref_impl) = target_impls
-                    .iter()
-                    .filter(|i| i.inner_impl().trait_.is_some())
-                    .find(|i| i.inner_impl().trait_.def_id_full(c) == c.deref_trait_did)
-                {
-                    if already_seen.insert(target_did.clone()) {
-                        sidebar_deref_methods(
-                            cx,
-                            out,
-                            target_deref_impl,
-                            target_impls,
-                            already_seen,
-                        );
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/issue-85037.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/issue-85037.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86bd246a878cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/issue-85037.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+pub struct A {}
+impl A { pub fn foo_a(&self) {} }
+
+pub struct B {}
+impl B { pub fn foo_b(&self) {} }
+
+pub struct C {}
+impl C { pub fn foo_c(&self) {} }
+
+// @has issue_85037/struct.A.html '//div[@class="sidebar-links"]' 'foo_b'
+impl Deref for A {
+    type Target = B;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &B { todo!() }
+}
+
+// @!has issue_85037/struct.A.html '//div[@class="sidebar-links"]' 'foo_c'
+impl Deref for B {
+    type Target = C;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &C { todo!() }
+}