diff --git a/kallithea/controllers/admin/repo_groups.py b/kallithea/controllers/admin/repo_groups.py
--- a/kallithea/controllers/admin/repo_groups.py
+++ b/kallithea/controllers/admin/repo_groups.py
@@ -303,8 +303,7 @@ class RepoGroupsController(BaseControlle
         #overwrite our cached list with current filter
         c.repo_cnt = 0
 
-        groups = RepoGroup.query().order_by(RepoGroup.group_name) \
-            .filter(RepoGroup.group_parent_id == c.group.group_id).all()
+        groups = RepoGroup.query(sorted=True).filter_by(parent_group=c.group).all()
         c.groups = self.scm_model.get_repo_groups(groups)
 
         c.repos_list = Repository.query(sorted=True).filter_by(group=c.group).all()
diff --git a/kallithea/controllers/home.py b/kallithea/controllers/home.py
--- a/kallithea/controllers/home.py
+++ b/kallithea/controllers/home.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class HomeController(BaseController):
             log.debug('generating switcher repo/groups list')
             all_repos = Repository.query(sorted=True).all()
             repo_iter = self.scm_model.get_repos(all_repos)
-            all_groups = RepoGroup.query().order_by(RepoGroup.group_name).all()
+            all_groups = RepoGroup.query(sorted=True).all()
             repo_groups_iter = self.scm_model.get_repo_groups(all_groups)
 
             res = [{
diff --git a/kallithea/model/db.py b/kallithea/model/db.py
--- a/kallithea/model/db.py
+++ b/kallithea/model/db.py
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ class RepoGroup(Base, BaseModel):
         CheckConstraint('group_id != group_parent_id', name='ck_groups_no_self_parent'),
         _table_args_default_dict,
     )
-    __mapper_args__ = {'order_by': 'group_name'}
+    __mapper_args__ = {'order_by': 'group_name'} # TODO: Deprecated as of SQLAlchemy 1.1.
 
     SEP = ' » '