diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
index cd3a25866af..0bcc78a8bc7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Dashboard::ProjectsController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
 
       format.json do
         render json: {
-          html: view_to_html_string("dashboard/projects/projects", locals: { projects: @projects })
+          html: view_to_html_string("dashboard/projects/_projects", locals: { projects: @projects })
         }
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml b/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml
index bee8518d57a..dca75498573 100644
--- a/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@
   = render 'filter'
 
 = render 'projects', projects: @projects
-= paginate @projects, theme: "gitlab"
diff --git a/app/views/explore/projects/starred.html.haml b/app/views/explore/projects/starred.html.haml
index 1b5269c7b68..ec461755103 100644
--- a/app/views/explore/projects/starred.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/explore/projects/starred.html.haml
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@
 
 = render 'explore/projects/nav'
 = render 'projects', projects: @projects
-= paginate @projects, theme: 'gitlab' if @projects