diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/store/actions.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/store/actions.ts
index c633d791e8bf26..ae302d0e609116 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/store/actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/store/actions.ts
@@ -141,15 +141,6 @@ interface UserSelectedRelatedEventCategory {
   };
 }
 
-/**
- * This action should dispatch to indicate that the user chose to focus
- * on examining alerts related to a particular ResolverEvent
- */
-interface UserSelectedRelatedAlerts {
-  readonly type: 'userSelectedRelatedAlerts';
-  readonly payload: ResolverEvent;
-}
-
 export type ResolverAction =
   | CameraAction
   | DataAction
@@ -160,7 +151,6 @@ export type ResolverAction =
   | UserSelectedResolverNode
   | UserRequestedRelatedEventData
   | UserSelectedRelatedEventCategory
-  | UserSelectedRelatedAlerts
   | AppDetectedNewIdFromQueryParams
   | AppDisplayedDifferentPanel
   | AppDetectedMissingEventData;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/index.tsx
index 9b7114b56495c7..5c188fdc711560 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/index.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export const Resolver = React.memo(function Resolver({
               projectionMatrix={projectionMatrix}
             />
           ))}
-          {[...processNodePositions].map(([processEvent, position], index) => {
+          {[...processNodePositions].map(([processEvent, position]) => {
             const adjacentNodeMap = processToAdjacencyMap.get(processEvent);
             const processEntityId = entityId(processEvent);
             if (!adjacentNodeMap) {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export const Resolver = React.memo(function Resolver({
             }
             return (
               <ProcessEventDot
-                key={index}
+                key={processEntityId}
                 position={position}
                 projectionMatrix={projectionMatrix}
                 event={processEvent}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx
index e7c9960f78052f..a2249e1920bc4f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx
@@ -414,13 +414,6 @@ const ProcessEventDotComponents = React.memo(
       });
     }, [dispatch, selfId]);
 
-    const handleRelatedAlertsRequest = useCallback(() => {
-      dispatch({
-        type: 'userSelectedRelatedAlerts',
-        payload: event,
-      });
-    }, [dispatch, event]);
-
     const history = useHistory();
     const urlSearch = history.location.search;
 
@@ -637,22 +630,16 @@ const ProcessEventDotComponents = React.memo(
             }}
           >
             <EuiFlexItem grow={false} className="related-dropdown">
-              <NodeSubMenu
-                count={grandTotal}
-                buttonBorderColor={labelButtonFill}
-                buttonFill={colorMap.resolverBackground}
-                menuAction={handleRelatedEventRequest}
-                menuTitle={subMenuAssets.relatedEvents.title}
-                optionsWithActions={relatedEventStatusOrOptions}
-              />
-            </EuiFlexItem>
-            <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-              <NodeSubMenu
-                buttonBorderColor={labelButtonFill}
-                buttonFill={colorMap.resolverBackground}
-                menuTitle={subMenuAssets.relatedAlerts.title}
-                menuAction={handleRelatedAlertsRequest}
-              />
+              {grandTotal > 0 && (
+                <NodeSubMenu
+                  count={grandTotal}
+                  buttonBorderColor={labelButtonFill}
+                  buttonFill={colorMap.resolverBackground}
+                  menuAction={handleRelatedEventRequest}
+                  menuTitle={subMenuAssets.relatedEvents.title}
+                  optionsWithActions={relatedEventStatusOrOptions}
+                />
+              )}
             </EuiFlexItem>
           </EuiFlexGroup>
         </StyledActionsContainer>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/submenu.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/submenu.tsx
index 8f972dd737af6a..d3bb6123ce04da 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/submenu.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/view/submenu.tsx
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ export const subMenuAssets = {
   menuError: i18n.translate('xpack.securitySolution.endpoint.resolver.relatedRetrievalError', {
     defaultMessage: 'There was an error retrieving related events.',
   }),
-  relatedAlerts: {
-    title: i18n.translate('xpack.securitySolution.endpoint.resolver.relatedAlerts', {
-      defaultMessage: 'Related Alerts',
-    }),
-  },
   relatedEvents: {
     title: i18n.translate('xpack.securitySolution.endpoint.resolver.relatedEvents', {
       defaultMessage: 'Events',