diff --git a/app/views/groups/merge_requests.html.haml b/app/views/groups/merge_requests.html.haml
index 8fe0bd149f3..45e39252e16 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/merge_requests.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/merge_requests.html.haml
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@
     - if current_user
       To see all merge requests you should visit #{link_to 'dashboard', merge_requests_dashboard_path} page.
 
-  .prepend-top-default
-    = render 'shared/merge_requests'
+  = render 'shared/merge_requests'
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/dm-unnecessary-top-padding.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/dm-unnecessary-top-padding.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4557c06f8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/dm-unnecessary-top-padding.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Remove unnecessary top padding on group MR index
+merge_request:
+author: