diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/components/Header.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
index 2e91a1e2d658c..8124ce1f4192f 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ class Header extends React.PureComponent {
           <h1>{dashboard.dashboard_title}</h1>
         </div>
         <div className="pull-right">
+        {this.props.dashboard.standalone_mode &&
           <Controls dashboard={dashboard} />
+        }
         </div>
         <div className="clearfix" />
       </div>
diff --git a/superset/views.py b/superset/views.py
index 486008d6e43f9..c2a832c5fff9d 100755
--- a/superset/views.py
+++ b/superset/views.py
@@ -1752,6 +1752,7 @@ def dashboard(**kwargs):  # noqa
             "superset/dashboard.html",
             dashboard=dash,
             context=json.dumps(context),
+            standalone_mode=standalone,
         )
 
     @has_access