diff --git a/src/runtime/server/navigation.ts b/src/runtime/server/navigation.ts
index 27e2dffd0..1eaed2878 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/navigation.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/navigation.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ export function createNav (contents: ParsedContentMeta[], configs: Record<string
 
       // Push index
       if (isIndex) {
-        const indexItem = getNavItem(content)
-        navItem.children.push(indexItem)
+        if (content._path !== '/') {
+          const indexItem = getNavItem(content)
+          navItem.children.push(indexItem)
+        }
 
         Object.assign(
           navItem,
diff --git a/test/features/navigation.ts b/test/features/navigation.ts
index aae1ba790..3a72a9fc6 100644
--- a/test/features/navigation.ts
+++ b/test/features/navigation.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ import { jsonStringify } from '../../src/runtime/utils/json'
 export const testNavigation = () => {
   describe('navigation', () => {
     test('Get navigation', async () => {
-      const list = await $fetch('/api/_content/navigation/')
-
+      const query = { where: [{ _locale: 'en' }] }
+      const list = await $fetch(`/api/_content/navigation/${hash(query)}`, {
+        params: {
+          _params: jsonStringify(query)
+        }
+      })
       expect(list.find(item => item._path === '/')).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(list.find(item => item._path === '/').children).toBeUndefined()
     })
 
     test('Get cats navigation', async () => {