diff --git a/artiq/browser/datasets.py b/artiq/browser/datasets.py
index d748ce153..28afd54c0 100644
--- a/artiq/browser/datasets.py
+++ b/artiq/browser/datasets.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from PyQt6 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 from sipyco.pc_rpc import AsyncioClient as RPCClient
 
 from artiq.tools import short_format
-from artiq.gui.tools import LayoutWidget, QRecursiveFilterProxyModel
+from artiq.gui.tools import LayoutWidget
 from artiq.gui.models import DictSyncTreeSepModel
 
 # reduced read-only version of artiq.dashboard.datasets
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ class DatasetsDock(QtWidgets.QDockWidget):
 
     def set_model(self, model):
         self.table_model = model
-        self.table_model_filter = QRecursiveFilterProxyModel()
+        self.table_model_filter = QtCore.QSortFilterProxyModel()
+        self.table_model_filter.setRecursiveFilteringEnabled(True)
         self.table_model_filter.setSourceModel(self.table_model)
         self.table.setModel(self.table_model_filter)
 
diff --git a/artiq/dashboard/datasets.py b/artiq/dashboard/datasets.py
index 5d9befad9..697792804 100644
--- a/artiq/dashboard/datasets.py
+++ b/artiq/dashboard/datasets.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from PyQt6 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 from sipyco import pyon
 
 from artiq.tools import scale_from_metadata, short_format, exc_to_warning
-from artiq.gui.tools import LayoutWidget, QRecursiveFilterProxyModel
+from artiq.gui.tools import LayoutWidget
 from artiq.gui.models import DictSyncTreeSepModel
 
 
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ class DatasetsDock(QtWidgets.QDockWidget):
 
     def set_model(self, model):
         self.table_model = model
-        self.table_model_filter = QRecursiveFilterProxyModel()
+        self.table_model_filter = QtCore.QSortFilterProxyModel()
+        self.table_model_filter.setRecursiveFilteringEnabled(True)
         self.table_model_filter.setSourceModel(self.table_model)
         self.table.setModel(self.table_model_filter)
 
diff --git a/artiq/gui/tools.py b/artiq/gui/tools.py
index 2b277c3e7..0fc9e4615 100644
--- a/artiq/gui/tools.py
+++ b/artiq/gui/tools.py
@@ -119,20 +119,3 @@ async def get_save_file_name(parent, caption, dir, filter, suffix=None):
     dialog.open()
     return await fut
 
-
-# Based on:
-# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/250890/using-qsortfilterproxymodel-with-a-tree-model
-class QRecursiveFilterProxyModel(QtCore.QSortFilterProxyModel):
-    def filterAcceptsRow(self, source_row, source_parent):
-        regexp = self.filterRegularExpression()
-        if not regexp.isEmpty():
-            source_index = self.sourceModel().index(
-                source_row, self.filterKeyColumn(), source_parent)
-            if source_index.isValid():
-                for i in range(self.sourceModel().rowCount(source_index)):
-                    if self.filterAcceptsRow(i, source_index):
-                        return True
-                key = self.sourceModel().data(source_index, self.filterRole())
-                return regexp.match(key).hasMatch()
-        return QtCore.QSortFilterProxyModel.filterAcceptsRow(
-            self, source_row, source_parent)