diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/GroupHeaderButtons.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/GroupHeaderButtons.tsx
index 44237e401f..c468658eb6 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/GroupHeaderButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/GroupHeaderButtons.tsx
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ export default class GroupHeaderButtons extends HeaderButtons {
     }
 
     protected onAction(payload: ActionPayload) {
-        super.onAction(payload);
-
         if (payload.action === Action.ViewUser) {
             if ((payload as ViewUserPayload).member) {
                 this.setPhase(RightPanelPhases.RoomMemberInfo, {member: payload.member});
diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/HeaderButtons.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/HeaderButtons.tsx
index bbb783ccb9..e922959bbb 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/HeaderButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/HeaderButtons.tsx
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ export default abstract class HeaderButtons extends React.Component<IProps, ISta
         if (this.dispatcherRef) dis.unregister(this.dispatcherRef);
     }
 
-    protected onAction(payload) {
-        // Ignore - intended to be overridden by subclasses
-    }
+    protected abstract onAction(payload);
 
     public setPhase(phase: RightPanelPhases, extras?: Partial<SetRightPanelPhaseRefireParams>) {
         dis.dispatch<SetRightPanelPhasePayload>({
diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomHeaderButtons.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomHeaderButtons.tsx
index 7ac547f499..671d9b0068 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomHeaderButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/RoomHeaderButtons.tsx
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@ const MEMBER_PHASES = [
 export default class RoomHeaderButtons extends HeaderButtons {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props, HeaderKind.Room);
-        this.onMembersClicked = this.onMembersClicked.bind(this);
-        this.onFilesClicked = this.onFilesClicked.bind(this);
-        this.onNotificationsClicked = this.onNotificationsClicked.bind(this);
     }
 
     protected onAction(payload: ActionPayload) {
-        super.onAction(payload);
         if (payload.action === Action.ViewUser) {
             if (payload.member) {
                 this.setPhase(RightPanelPhases.RoomMemberInfo, {member: payload.member});