app\code\local\Mage\Catalog\Model\Observer.php find function _addCategoriesToMenu() replace $categoryData = array( 'name' => $category->getName(), 'id' => $nodeId, 'url' => Mage::helper('catalog/category')->getCategoryUrl($category), 'is_active' => $this->_isActiveMenuCategory($category), 'thumbnail' => Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($category->getId())->getImage() ); app\code\local\Mage\Page\Block\Html\Topmenu.php find function getHtml() remove if ($renderer = $this->getChild('catalog.topnav.renderer')) { $renderer->setMenuTree($this->_menu)->setChildrenWrapClass($childrenWrapClass); ...