diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index 31a909bc9..57eb61f49 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ Contributors
 * Neil Lyons
 * Gassan Gousseinov
 * Thomas Kremmel
+* patta42
 
 Translators
 ===========
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/menu.py b/wagtail/admin/menu.py
index 1c2e6f902..fb9be0ff3 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/menu.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/menu.py
@@ -88,11 +88,7 @@ class Menu:
 
         rendered_menu_items = []
         for item in sorted(menu_items, key=lambda i: i.order):
-            try:
-                rendered_menu_items.append(item.render_html(request))
-            except TypeError:
-                # fallback for older render_html methods that don't accept a request arg
-                rendered_menu_items.append(item.render_html(request))
+            rendered_menu_items.append(item.render_html(request))
 
         return mark_safe(''.join(rendered_menu_items))