diff --git a/src/molecules/navbar/helpers.ts b/src/molecules/navbar/helpers.ts
index 705d7ea0..16713e73 100644
--- a/src/molecules/navbar/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/molecules/navbar/helpers.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import get from "lodash.get";
  * if featureConfig isn't passed, check if menuGroup with slug "amp-sidebar-menu-${domainSlug}" is present and return those items
  * if that's not set, check if menuGroup with slug "sidebar-menu-${domainSlug}" is present and return those items
  * if that's not set either, return default menu group items
- * return default menu group items in case there are no items in any of the above menuGroups
  *
- * @param {Object} config config object
+ * @category Helpers
+ * @param {Object} config object
  * @returns {Array} Menu Group Items that should be shown inside the hamburger menu
  */
 
@@ -20,26 +20,18 @@ export const getDomainSpecificHamburgerMenuItems = (config: Config) => {
 
   const domainSlug = config.opts?.domainSlug;
   const defaultMenuGroupItems = get(config, ["ampConfig", "menu-groups", "default", "items"], []);
-  const allMenuGroupsArr: MenuGroupItemsTypes[] = objToArr(ampConfig["menu-groups"]);
+  const allMenuGroupsArr: MenuGroupItemsTypes[] = Object.values(ampConfig["menu-groups"]);
 
   if (allMenuGroupsArr.length) {
     const sidebarMenuGroupSlug = getSidebarMenuSlug(allMenuGroupsArr, config, domainSlug);
     if (sidebarMenuGroupSlug) {
-      const menuGroupToReturn = allMenuGroupsArr.find((menuGroup) => menuGroup?.slug === sidebarMenuGroupSlug);
+      const menuGroupToReturn = allMenuGroupsArr.find((menuGroup) => menuGroup.slug === sidebarMenuGroupSlug);
       if (menuGroupToReturn && menuGroupToReturn.items.length) return menuGroupToReturn.items;
     }
   }
   return defaultMenuGroupItems;
 };
 
-// "menu-groups" in api/v1/amp/config should've been an array but it's an obj. Therefore doing this hack
-export const objToArr = (obj: object) => {
-  const keysArr = Object.keys(obj);
-  const arr: MenuGroupItemsTypes[] = [];
-  keysArr.forEach((key) => obj[key] && arr.push(obj[key]));
-  return arr;
-};
-
 const getSidebarMenuSlug = (arr, config, domainSlug) => {
   // returns slug of the menu group to take
   // returns menuGroupSlug from featureConfig OR "amp-sidebar-menu-<domainSlug>" OR "sidebar-menu-<domainSlug>" OR null in this order
diff --git a/src/molecules/navbar/navbar.test.tsx b/src/molecules/navbar/navbar.test.tsx
index 5bf3c4ce..e4245a29 100644
--- a/src/molecules/navbar/navbar.test.tsx
+++ b/src/molecules/navbar/navbar.test.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { configWithMenuDisabled, configWithNoHamburgerMenuItems, configWithTextD
 import { Layout, HamburgerMenu } from "../../atoms";
 import { textStory, config } from "../../__fixtures__";
 import { Hamburger } from "../../atoms/icons/hamburger";
-import { getDomainSpecificHamburgerMenuItems, objToArr } from "./helpers";
+import { getDomainSpecificHamburgerMenuItems } from "./helpers";
 import {
   defaultMenuItems,
   dummyConfig1,
@@ -85,27 +85,6 @@ describe("Navbar", () => {
 });
 
 // tests for helper functions
-describe("objToArr helper function", () => {
-  it("should work", () => {
-    const obj = {
-      foo: {
-        a: 1,
-        b: "two"
-      },
-      bar: 42,
-      baz: ["a", "b"]
-    };
-    expect(objToArr(obj)).toMatchObject([
-      {
-        a: 1,
-        b: "two"
-      },
-      42,
-      ["a", "b"]
-    ]);
-  });
-});
-
 describe("getDomainSpecificHamburgerMenuItems helper function", () => {
   it("Should return default menu group items for publisher having no associated subdomains", () => {
     const menuItems = getDomainSpecificHamburgerMenuItems(dummyConfig1);