diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionHeader.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionHeader.tsx
index 31ee389976..6e768917ae 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionHeader.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionHeader.tsx
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ import {
 import { SingleInputDialog } from "ente-base/components/SingleInputDialog";
 import { useModalVisibility } from "ente-base/components/utils/modal";
 import { useBaseContext } from "ente-base/context";
-import {
-    isArchivedCollection,
-    isPinnedCollection,
-} from "ente-gallery/services/magic-metadata";
+import { isArchivedCollection } from "ente-gallery/services/magic-metadata";
 import { CollectionOrder, type Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
 import { ItemVisibility } from "ente-media/file-metadata";
 import type { RemotePullOpts } from "ente-new/photos/components/gallery";
@@ -421,7 +418,7 @@ const CollectionHeaderOptions: React.FC<CollectionHeaderProps> = ({
                 >
                     {t("sort_by")}
                 </OverflowMenuOption>,
-                isPinnedCollection(activeCollection) ? (
+                collectionSummary.attributes.has("pinned") ? (
                     <OverflowMenuOption
                         key="unpin"
                         onClick={unpinAlbum}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionService.ts
index fa27c53fcc..505816af59 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionService.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { sharedCryptoWorker } from "ente-base/crypto";
 import log from "ente-base/log";
 import { apiURL } from "ente-base/origins";
 import { transformFilesIfNeeded } from "ente-gallery/services/files-db";
-import { type MagicMetadataCore } from "ente-gallery/services/magic-metadata";
 import { sortFiles } from "ente-gallery/utils/file";
 import type {
     Collection,
@@ -308,6 +307,13 @@ const getPublicFiles = async (
     }
 };
 
+export interface MagicMetadataCore<T> {
+    version: number;
+    count: number;
+    header: string;
+    data: T;
+}
+
 export const getPublicCollection = async (
     token: string,
     collectionKey: string,
diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/services/magic-metadata.ts b/web/packages/gallery/services/magic-metadata.ts
index f3c6fe7352..c2051fd108 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/services/magic-metadata.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/services/magic-metadata.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
 import type { Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
 import { ItemVisibility } from "ente-media/file-metadata";
 
-export interface MagicMetadataCore<T> {
-    version: number;
-    count: number;
-    header: string;
-    data: T;
-}
-
 export const isArchivedCollection = (item: Collection) => {
     if (!item) {
         return false;
@@ -27,16 +20,3 @@ export const isArchivedCollection = (item: Collection) => {
     }
     return false;
 };
-
-export function isPinnedCollection(item: Collection) {
-    if (
-        !item ||
-        !item.magicMetadata ||
-        !item.magicMetadata.data ||
-        typeof item.magicMetadata.data == "string" ||
-        typeof item.magicMetadata.data.order == "undefined"
-    ) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return item.magicMetadata.data.order !== 0;
-}
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts
index 5e9fafac81..8ff91f4352 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import type { User } from "ente-accounts/services/user";
-import {
-    isArchivedCollection,
-    isPinnedCollection,
-} from "ente-gallery/services/magic-metadata";
+import { isArchivedCollection } from "ente-gallery/services/magic-metadata";
 import {
     groupFilesByCollectionID,
     sortFiles,
     uniqueFilesByID,
 } from "ente-gallery/utils/file";
-import { collectionTypes, type Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
+import {
+    CollectionOrder,
+    collectionTypes,
+    type Collection,
+} from "ente-media/collection";
 import type { EnteFile } from "ente-media/file";
 import {
     isArchivedFile,
@@ -1405,7 +1406,9 @@ const createCollectionSummaries = (
             type = "archived";
         } else if (isDefaultHiddenCollection(collection)) {
             type = "defaultHidden";
-        } else if (isPinnedCollection(collection)) {
+        } else if (
+            collection.magicMetadata?.data.order == CollectionOrder.pinned
+        ) {
             type = "pinned";
         } else {
             type = collectionType;
@@ -1434,7 +1437,7 @@ const createCollectionSummaries = (
         if (isDefaultHiddenCollection(collection)) {
             attributes.add("defaultHidden");
         }
-        if (isPinnedCollection(collection)) {
+        if (collection.magicMetadata?.data.order == CollectionOrder.pinned) {
             attributes.add("pinned");
         }
         switch (collectionType) {