diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_page.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_page.html.haml
index 655153807fa900faf6eb968479d831331ce15576..993c834c7d61bbc80269ceaedec47ebdbe6790b1 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_page.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_page.html.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   - sidebar_data = super_sidebar_context(current_user, group: group, project: @project, panel: sidebar_panel, panel_type: nav).to_json
   %aside.js-super-sidebar.super-sidebar.super-sidebar-loading{ data: { root_path: root_path, sidebar: sidebar_data, force_desktop_expanded_sidebar: @force_desktop_expanded_sidebar.to_s, command_palette: command_palette_data(project: @project, current_ref: current_ref).to_json, is_saas: Gitlab.com?.to_s } }
 
-  = render_if_exists "layouts/tanuki_bot_chat" if context
+  = render_if_exists "layouts/tanuki_bot_chat"
   = render_if_exists "layouts/session_expire_modal"
 
   - if project_studio_enabled?
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_top_bar.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_top_bar.html.haml
index 927d112e53d3c9a946f271a9414f2981840d0f0f..562590ed54558b5ca1427ed430c76a5a1d879720 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_top_bar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_top_bar.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- duo_button_enabled = (partial_exists? "layouts/nav/ask_duo_button") && ::Gitlab::Llm::TanukiBot.show_breadcrumbs_entry_point?(user: current_user, container: @group || @project)
+- duo_button_enabled = (partial_exists? "layouts/nav/ask_duo_button") && ::Gitlab::Llm::TanukiBot.show_breadcrumbs_entry_point?(user: current_user)
 
 %div{ class: ['top-bar-fixed container-fluid', paneled_view && 'gl-rounded-t-lg gl-sticky gl-top-0 gl-left-0 gl-mx-0 gl-w-full'], data: { testid: 'top-bar' } }
   .top-bar-container.gl-flex.gl-items-center.gl-gap-2{ class: ("gl-group top-bar-duo-button-present" if duo_button_enabled) }
diff --git a/ee/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot.rb b/ee/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot.rb
index 0870efb950d665da97fa5e7a3e9e5c413cce9d5e..28121281d3c03c0a14c2cda5bcd03daf11d2295b 100644
--- a/ee/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ def self.agentic_mode_available?(user:, project:, group:)
         end
       end
 
-      def self.show_breadcrumbs_entry_point?(user:, container: nil)
-        return false unless chat_enabled?(user) && container
+      def self.show_breadcrumbs_entry_point?(user:)
+        return false unless chat_enabled?(user)
 
         Gitlab::Llm::Chain::Utils::ChatAuthorizer.user(user: user).allowed?
       end
diff --git a/ee/spec/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot_spec.rb b/ee/spec/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot_spec.rb
index 30610edc2cec0441313ae95ae23648e3345cbdd0..2e2ae8883406a0aff35d40ce1437b292a822f042 100644
--- a/ee/spec/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/lib/gitlab/llm/tanuki_bot_spec.rb
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@
 
   describe '.show_breadcrumbs_entry_point' do
     let(:authorizer_response) { instance_double(Gitlab::Llm::Utils::Authorizer::Response, allowed?: allowed) }
-    let(:allowed) { true }
 
     before do
       allow(described_class).to receive(:chat_enabled?).with(user)
@@ -167,26 +166,18 @@
                                                                         .and_return(authorizer_response)
     end
 
-    where(:container, :ai_features_enabled_for_user, :allowed, :duo_chat_access) do
+    where(:ai_features_enabled_for_user, :allowed, :duo_chat_access) do
       [
-        [:project, true, true, true],
-        [:project, true, false, false],
-        [:project, false, false, false],
-        [:project, false, true, false],
-        [:group, true, true, true],
-        [:group, true, false, false],
-        [:group, false, false, false],
-        [:group, false, true, false],
-        [nil, true, true, false],
-        [nil, true, false, false],
-        [nil, false, false, false],
-        [nil, false, true, false]
+        [true, true, true],
+        [true, false, false],
+        [false, true, false],
+        [false, false, false]
       ]
     end
 
     with_them do
       it 'shows button in correct cases' do
-        expect(described_class.show_breadcrumbs_entry_point?(user: user, container: container)).to be(duo_chat_access)
+        expect(described_class.show_breadcrumbs_entry_point?(user: user)).to be(duo_chat_access)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/16_ai_powered/duo_chat/duo_chat_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/16_ai_powered/duo_chat/duo_chat_spec.rb
index 286645c74574fd47bfc02762d3eb0a2706941a5a..f2ce832c2c5e584126381128e22ab09234ef98c5 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/16_ai_powered/duo_chat/duo_chat_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/ee/browser_ui/16_ai_powered/duo_chat/duo_chat_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module QA
       let(:user) { Runtime::User::Store.test_user }
       let(:api_client) { Runtime::User::Store.default_api_client }
       let(:token) { api_client.personal_access_token }
-      let(:project) { create(:project, name: 'duo-chat-project', api_client: api_client) }
 
       shared_examples 'Duo Chat' do |testcase|
         it 'a valid response is returned', testcase: testcase do
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ module QA
 
       before do
         Flow::Login.sign_in(as: user)
-        project.visit!
       end
 
       context "when asking 'hi'" do