diff --git a/src/components/popover/popover.js b/src/components/popover/popover.js
index e477051f..f23df826 100644
--- a/src/components/popover/popover.js
+++ b/src/components/popover/popover.js
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ const Popover = {
       // with popovers refusing to be hidden when user wants to interact with something in below popover
       lockReEntry: false,
       hidden: true,
-      pinned: false,
       styles: {},
       oldSize: { width: 0, height: 0 },
       scrollable: null,
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ const Popover = {
     },
     showPopover () {
       if (this.disabled) return
-      this.pinned = false
       const wasHidden = this.hidden
       this.hidden = false
       this.parentPopover && this.parentPopover.onChildPopoverState(this, true)
@@ -236,7 +234,7 @@ const Popover = {
       }
     },
     onMouseleave (e) {
-      if (this.trigger === 'hover' && !this.pinned && this.childrenShown.size > 0) {
+      if (this.trigger === 'hover' && this.childrenShown.size > 0) {
         this.graceTimeout = setTimeout(() => this.hidePopover(), 1)
       }
     },
@@ -249,7 +247,7 @@ const Popover = {
       }
     },
     onMouseleaveContent (e) {
-      if (this.trigger === 'hover' && !this.pinned && this.childrenShown.size > 0) {
+      if (this.trigger === 'hover' && this.childrenShown.size === 0) {
         this.graceTimeout = setTimeout(() => this.hidePopover(), 1)
       }
     },
@@ -270,11 +268,6 @@ const Popover = {
       this.hidePopover()
       if (this.parentPopover) this.parentPopover.onClickOutside(e)
     },
-    onClickContent (e) {
-      if (this.trigger === 'hover' && this.stayOnClick) {
-        this.pinned = true
-      }
-    },
     onScroll (e) {
       this.updateStyles()
     },
diff --git a/src/components/popover/popover.vue b/src/components/popover/popover.vue
index 9b67f400..bd59cade 100644
--- a/src/components/popover/popover.vue
+++ b/src/components/popover/popover.vue
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@
             class="popover-inner"
             :close="hidePopover"
           />
-          <div
-            v-if="stayOnClick && pinned"
-            class="pinned-tooltip-icon popover popover-default"
-          >
-            <FAIcon
-              icon="thumbtack"
-              class="faint"
-            />
-          </div>
         </div>
       </transition>
     </teleport>
@@ -61,17 +52,6 @@
   box-shadow: var(--popupShadow);
 }
 
-.pinned-tooltip-icon {
-  position: absolute;
-  top: -1em;
-  left: -1em;
-  width: 2em;
-  height: 2em;
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: center;
-  align-items: center;
-}
-
 .popover-default {
   &:after {
     content: '';