diff --git a/app/finders/admin/projects_finder.rb b/app/finders/admin/projects_finder.rb
index d6bcd93952211e1c77fa3f2daedc32f6d3faf681..5c507fe8d507f45e318b08f09f7087c42fdecc84 100644
--- a/app/finders/admin/projects_finder.rb
+++ b/app/finders/admin/projects_finder.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ class Admin::ProjectsFinder
     items = by_archived(items)
     items = by_personal(items)
     items = by_name(items)
-    items = sort(items)
-    items.includes(:namespace).order("namespaces.path, projects.name ASC").page(params[:page])
+    sort(items).page(params[:page])
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sh-optimize-admin-projects-page.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-optimize-admin-projects-page.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..242ea758dabc61895da999220a7b7fa4fa7afd9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-optimize-admin-projects-page.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix timeouts loading /admin/projects page
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: performance