diff --git a/app/Entities/Chapter.php b/app/Entities/Chapter.php
index 3290afcfa..5f5509efa 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Chapter.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Chapter.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 /**
  * Class Chapter
  * @property Collection<Page> $pages
- * @package BookStack\Entities
  */
 class Chapter extends BookChild
 {
@@ -52,15 +51,6 @@ class Chapter extends BookChild
         return mb_strlen($description) > $length ? mb_substr($description, 0, $length-3) . '...' : $description;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Check if this chapter has any child pages.
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function hasChildren()
-    {
-        return count($this->pages) > 0;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the visible pages in this chapter.
      */
diff --git a/app/Entities/Managers/BookContents.php b/app/Entities/Managers/BookContents.php
index 52447e43b..b9844da57 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Managers/BookContents.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Managers/BookContents.php
@@ -53,12 +53,16 @@ class BookContents
         $pages->groupBy('chapter_id')->each(function ($pages, $chapter_id) use ($chapterMap, &$lonePages) {
             $chapter = $chapterMap->get($chapter_id);
             if ($chapter) {
-                $chapter->setAttribute('pages', collect($pages)->sortBy($this->bookChildSortFunc()));
+                $chapter->setAttribute('visible_pages', collect($pages)->sortBy($this->bookChildSortFunc()));
             } else {
                 $lonePages = $lonePages->concat($pages);
             }
         });
 
+        $chapters->whereNull('visible_pages')->each(function (Chapter $chapter) {
+            $chapter->setAttribute('visible_pages', collect([]));
+        });
+
         $all->each(function (Entity $entity) use ($renderPages) {
             $entity->setRelation('book', $this->book);
 
diff --git a/resources/views/books/export.blade.php b/resources/views/books/export.blade.php
index e86a24e81..f62b89582 100644
--- a/resources/views/books/export.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/books/export.blade.php
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
         <ul class="contents">
             @foreach($bookChildren as $bookChild)
                 <li><a href="#{{$bookChild->getType()}}-{{$bookChild->id}}">{{ $bookChild->name }}</a></li>
-                @if($bookChild->isA('chapter') && count($bookChild->pages) > 0)
+                @if($bookChild->isA('chapter') && count($bookChild->visible_pages) > 0)
                     <ul>
-                        @foreach($bookChild->pages as $page)
+                        @foreach($bookChild->visible_pages as $page)
                             <li><a href="#page-{{$page->id}}">{{ $page->name }}</a></li>
                         @endforeach
                     </ul>
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
         @if($bookChild->isA('chapter'))
             <p>{{ $bookChild->description }}</p>
 
-            @if(count($bookChild->pages) > 0)
-                @foreach($bookChild->pages as $page)
+            @if(count($bookChild->visible_pages) > 0)
+                @foreach($bookChild->visible_pages as $page)
                     <div class="page-break"></div>
                     <div class="chapter-hint">{{$bookChild->name}}</div>
                     <h1 id="page-{{$page->id}}">{{ $page->name }}</h1>
diff --git a/resources/views/books/sort-box.blade.php b/resources/views/books/sort-box.blade.php
index 98f0af87e..c5d461629 100644
--- a/resources/views/books/sort-box.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/books/sort-box.blade.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 </div>
                 @if($bookChild->isA('chapter'))
                     <ul>
-                        @foreach($bookChild->pages as $page)
+                        @foreach($bookChild->visible_pages as $page)
                             <li class="text-page"
                                 data-id="{{$page->id}}" data-type="page"
                                 data-name="{{ $page->name }}" data-created="{{ $page->created_at->timestamp }}"
diff --git a/resources/views/chapters/child-menu.blade.php b/resources/views/chapters/child-menu.blade.php
index 6137c34e8..a1358e1db 100644
--- a/resources/views/chapters/child-menu.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/chapters/child-menu.blade.php
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <div class="chapter-child-menu">
     <button chapter-toggle type="button" aria-expanded="{{ $isOpen ? 'true' : 'false' }}"
             class="text-muted @if($isOpen) open @endif">
-        @icon('caret-right') @icon('page') <span>{{ trans_choice('entities.x_pages', $bookChild->pages->count()) }}</span>
+        @icon('caret-right') @icon('page') <span>{{ trans_choice('entities.x_pages', $bookChild->visible_pages->count()) }}</span>
     </button>
     <ul class="sub-menu inset-list @if($isOpen) open @endif" @if($isOpen) style="display: block;" @endif role="menu">
-        @foreach($bookChild->pages as $childPage)
+        @foreach($bookChild->visible_pages as $childPage)
             <li class="list-item-page {{ $childPage->isA('page') && $childPage->draft ? 'draft' : '' }}" role="presentation">
                 @include('partials.entity-list-item-basic', ['entity' => $childPage, 'classes' => $current->matches($childPage)? 'selected' : '' ])
             </li>
diff --git a/resources/views/chapters/list-item.blade.php b/resources/views/chapters/list-item.blade.php
index 7e2e0e1c5..918698333 100644
--- a/resources/views/chapters/list-item.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/chapters/list-item.blade.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<a href="{{ $chapter->getUrl() }}" class="chapter entity-list-item @if($chapter->hasChildren()) has-children @endif" data-entity-type="chapter" data-entity-id="{{$chapter->id}}">
+{{--This view display child pages in a list if pre-loaded onto a 'visible_pages' property,--}}
+{{--To ensure that the pages have been loaded efficiently with permissions taken into account.--}}
+<a href="{{ $chapter->getUrl() }}" class="chapter entity-list-item @if($chapter->visible_pages->count() > 0) has-children @endif" data-entity-type="chapter" data-entity-id="{{$chapter->id}}">
     <span class="icon text-chapter">@icon('chapter')</span>
     <div class="content">
         <h4 class="entity-list-item-name break-text">{{ $chapter->name }}</h4>
@@ -7,16 +9,16 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 </a>
-@if ($chapter->hasChildren())
+@if ($chapter->visible_pages->count() > 0)
     <div class="chapter chapter-expansion">
         <span class="icon text-chapter">@icon('page')</span>
         <div class="content">
             <button type="button" chapter-toggle
                     aria-expanded="false"
-                    class="text-muted chapter-expansion-toggle">@icon('caret-right') <span>{{ trans_choice('entities.x_pages', $chapter->pages->count()) }}</span></button>
+                    class="text-muted chapter-expansion-toggle">@icon('caret-right') <span>{{ trans_choice('entities.x_pages', $chapter->visible_pages->count()) }}</span></button>
             <div class="inset-list">
                 <div class="entity-list-item-children">
-                    @include('partials.entity-list', ['entities' => $chapter->pages])
+                    @include('partials.entity-list', ['entities' => $chapter->visible_pages])
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/partials/book-tree.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/book-tree.blade.php
index 5131af1aa..6e308bb09 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/book-tree.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/book-tree.blade.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <li class="list-item-{{ $bookChild->getClassName() }} {{ $bookChild->getClassName() }} {{ $bookChild->isA('page') && $bookChild->draft ? 'draft' : '' }}">
                 @include('partials.entity-list-item-basic', ['entity' => $bookChild, 'classes' => $current->matches($bookChild)? 'selected' : ''])
 
-                @if($bookChild->isA('chapter') && count($bookChild->pages) > 0)
+                @if($bookChild->isA('chapter') && count($bookChild->visible_pages) > 0)
                     <div class="entity-list-item no-hover">
                         <span role="presentation" class="icon text-chapter"></span>
                         <div class="content">
diff --git a/resources/views/search/book.blade.php b/resources/views/search/book.blade.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 36732c2b8..000000000
--- a/resources/views/search/book.blade.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<div class="page-list">
-    @if(count($pages) > 0)
-        @foreach($pages as $pageIndex => $page)
-            <div class="anim searchResult" style="animation-delay: {{$pageIndex*50 . 'ms'}};">
-                @include('pages.list-item', ['page' => $page])
-                <hr>
-            </div>
-        @endforeach
-    @else
-        <p class="text-muted">{{ trans('entities.search_no_pages') }}</p>
-    @endif
-</div>
-
-@if(count($chapters) > 0)
-    <div class="page-list">
-        @foreach($chapters as $chapterIndex => $chapter)
-            <div class="anim searchResult" style="animation-delay: {{($chapterIndex+count($pages))*50 . 'ms'}};">
-                @include('chapters.list-item', ['chapter' => $chapter, 'hidePages' => true])
-                <hr>
-            </div>
-        @endforeach
-    </div>
-@endif
-
diff --git a/tests/Permissions/RestrictionsTest.php b/tests/Permissions/RestrictionsTest.php
index 7d6c1831a..2dcc0ea69 100644
--- a/tests/Permissions/RestrictionsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Permissions/RestrictionsTest.php
@@ -490,6 +490,22 @@ class RestrictionsTest extends BrowserKitTest
             ->dontSee($page->name);
     }
 
+    public function test_restricted_chapter_pages_not_visible_on_book_page()
+    {
+        $chapter = Chapter::query()->first();
+        $this->actingAs($this->user)
+            ->visit($chapter->book->getUrl())
+            ->see($chapter->pages->first()->name);
+
+        foreach ($chapter->pages as $page) {
+            $this->setEntityRestrictions($page, []);
+        }
+
+        $this->actingAs($this->user)
+            ->visit($chapter->book->getUrl())
+            ->dontSee($chapter->pages->first()->name);
+    }
+
     public function test_bookshelf_update_restriction_override()
     {
         $shelf = Bookshelf::first();