diff --git a/client/mass/nav.js b/client/mass/nav.js
index 1ca72e3282..035117d6ee 100644
--- a/client/mass/nav.js
+++ b/client/mass/nav.js
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ function setRenderers(self) {
 		})
 
 		self.tabs = [chartTab, groupsTab, filterTab /*, cartTab*/]
+		if (appState.termdbConfig.hideGroupsTab) self.tabs.splice(1, 1)
 		/** Adds either the COHORT or ABOUT tab
 		 * COHORT is added over ABOUT if both are defined
 		 */
diff --git a/server/routes/termdb.config.ts b/server/routes/termdb.config.ts
index 0d3b36d0a3..4a669e2a64 100644
--- a/server/routes/termdb.config.ts
+++ b/server/routes/termdb.config.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ function make(q, res, ds: Mds3WithCohort, genome) {
 		isGeneSetTermdb: tdb.isGeneSetTermdb,
 		lollipop: tdb.lollipop,
 		urlTemplates: tdb.urlTemplates,
-		title: 'title' in ds.cohort ? ds.cohort.title : { text: ds.label }
+		title: 'title' in ds.cohort ? ds.cohort.title : { text: ds.label },
+		hideGroupsTab: ds.cohort.hideGroupsTab
 	}
 	// optional attributes
 	// when missing, the attribute will not be present as "key:undefined"
diff --git a/server/shared/types/dataset.ts b/server/shared/types/dataset.ts
index ef8dde5466..3bcdb4282d 100644
--- a/server/shared/types/dataset.ts
+++ b/server/shared/types/dataset.ts
@@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ type AssayAvailability = {
 
 //Shared with genome.ts
 export type Cohort = {
+	hideGroupsTab?: boolean
 	allowedChartTypes?: string[]
 	hiddenChartTypes?: string[]
 	renamedChartTypes?: { singleCellPlot?: string; sampleScatter?: string }