diff --git a/dashboard/starter-example/app/lib/data.ts b/dashboard/starter-example/app/lib/data.ts
index 6704fe9..c9009d0 100644
--- a/dashboard/starter-example/app/lib/data.ts
+++ b/dashboard/starter-example/app/lib/data.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ import {
   Revenue,
 } from './definitions';
 import { formatCurrency } from './utils';
-import { unstable_noStore as noStore } from 'next/cache';
 
 export async function fetchRevenue() {
   // Add noStore() here prevent the response from being cached.
   // This is equivalent to in fetch(..., {cache: 'no-store'}).
-  noStore();
+
   try {
     // Artificially delay a reponse for demo purposes.
     // Don't do this in real life :)
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ export async function fetchRevenue() {
 }
 
 export async function fetchLatestInvoices() {
-  noStore();
   try {
     const data = await sql<LatestInvoiceRaw>`
       SELECT invoices.amount, customers.name, customers.image_url, customers.email, invoices.id
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ export async function fetchLatestInvoices() {
 }
 
 export async function fetchCardData() {
-  noStore();
   try {
     // You can probably combine these into a single SQL query
     // However, we are intentionally splitting them to demonstrate
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ export async function fetchFilteredInvoices(
   query: string,
   currentPage: number,
 ) {
-  noStore();
   const offset = (currentPage - 1) * ITEMS_PER_PAGE;
 
   try {
@@ -128,7 +124,6 @@ export async function fetchFilteredInvoices(
 }
 
 export async function fetchInvoicesPages(query: string) {
-  noStore();
   try {
     const count = await sql`SELECT COUNT(*)
     FROM invoices
@@ -193,7 +188,6 @@ export async function fetchCustomers() {
 }
 
 export async function fetchFilteredCustomers(query: string) {
-  noStore();
   try {
     const data = await sql<CustomersTable>`
 		SELECT
diff --git a/dashboard/starter-example/app/ui/dashboard/nav-links.tsx b/dashboard/starter-example/app/ui/dashboard/nav-links.tsx
index 338b1c5..f2a67eb 100644
--- a/dashboard/starter-example/app/ui/dashboard/nav-links.tsx
+++ b/dashboard/starter-example/app/ui/dashboard/nav-links.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-'use client';
-
 import {
   UserGroupIcon,
   HomeIcon,
   DocumentDuplicateIcon,
 } from '@heroicons/react/24/outline';
-import Link from 'next/link';
-import { usePathname } from 'next/navigation';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 
 // Map of links to display in the side navigation.
@@ -22,26 +18,21 @@ const links = [
 ];
 
 export default function NavLinks() {
-  const pathname = usePathname();
-
   return (
     <>
       {links.map((link) => {
         const LinkIcon = link.icon;
         return (
-          <Link
+          <a
             key={link.name}
             href={link.href}
             className={clsx(
               'flex h-[48px] grow items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-gray-50 p-3 text-sm font-medium hover:bg-sky-100 hover:text-blue-600 md:flex-none md:justify-start md:p-2 md:px-3',
-              {
-                'bg-sky-100 text-blue-600': pathname === link.href,
-              },
             )}
           >
             <LinkIcon className="w-6" />
             <p className="hidden md:block">{link.name}</p>
-          </Link>
+          </a>
         );
       })}
     </>
diff --git a/dashboard/starter-example/package.json b/dashboard/starter-example/package.json
index d7e788c..988965a 100644
--- a/dashboard/starter-example/package.json
+++ b/dashboard/starter-example/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "next build",
     "dev": "next dev",
-    "seed": "node -r dotenv/config ./scripts/seed.js",
     "start": "next start"
   },
   "dependencies": {