diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue
index 58bb5390af..dfa961a3b6 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
           [this.channelFilter]: true,
           page: this.$route.query.page || 1,
           exclude: this.currentChannelId,
-          ordering: this.channelFilter === 'public' ? 'name' : '-modified',
         }).then(page => {
           this.pageCount = page.total_pages;
           this.channels = page.results;
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py
index 4ab57c4595..07d27b7281 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ class ChannelViewSet(ValuesViewset):
     serializer_class = ChannelSerializer
     pagination_class = ChannelListPagination
     filterset_class = ChannelFilter
-    ordering_fields = ["modified", "name"]
-    ordering = "-modified"
 
     field_map = channel_field_map
     values = base_channel_values + ("edit", "view", "unpublished_changes")
@@ -414,15 +412,6 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         queryset = super(ChannelViewSet, self).get_queryset()
         user_id = not self.request.user.is_anonymous and self.request.user.id
         user_queryset = User.objects.filter(id=user_id)
-        # Add the last modified node modified value as the channel last modified
-        channel_main_tree_nodes = ContentNode.objects.filter(
-            tree_id=OuterRef("main_tree__tree_id")
-        )
-        queryset = queryset.annotate(
-            modified=Subquery(
-                channel_main_tree_nodes.values("modified").order_by("-modified")[:1]
-            )
-        )
 
         return queryset.annotate(
             edit=Exists(user_queryset.filter(editable_channels=OuterRef("id"))),
@@ -445,6 +434,12 @@ def annotate_queryset(self, queryset):
         queryset = queryset.annotate(
             count=SQCount(non_topic_content_ids, field="content_id"),
         )
+        # Add the last modified node modified value as the channel last modified
+        queryset = queryset.annotate(
+            modified=Subquery(
+                channel_main_tree_nodes.values("modified").order_by("-modified")[:1]
+            )
+        )
 
         queryset = queryset.annotate(unpublished_changes=Exists(_unpublished_changes_query(OuterRef("id"))))