diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de533bc54d..0b83a69f9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@
     "react": "^16.9.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.9.0",
     "sanitize-html": "^1.19.1",
-    "ua-parser-js": "^0.7.19",
-    "url": "^0.11.0"
+    "ua-parser-js": "^0.7.19"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.7.5",
diff --git a/src/vector/app.js b/src/vector/app.js
index 930576e2d5..e087d8c2f5 100644
--- a/src/vector/app.js
+++ b/src/vector/app.js
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import AutoDiscoveryUtils from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/utils/AutoDiscoveryUtils';
 import {AutoDiscovery} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/autodiscovery";
 import * as Lifecycle from "matrix-react-sdk/src/Lifecycle";
 
-import url from 'url';
-
 import {parseQs, parseQsFromFragment} from './url_utils';
 
 import {MatrixClientPeg} from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/MatrixClientPeg';
@@ -118,11 +116,10 @@ function onTokenLoginCompleted() {
     // if we did a token login, we're now left with the token, hs and is
     // url as query params in the url; a little nasty but let's redirect to
     // clear them.
-    const parsedUrl = url.parse(window.location.href);
+    const parsedUrl = new URL(window.location);
     parsedUrl.search = "";
-    const formatted = url.format(parsedUrl);
-    console.log("Redirecting to " + formatted + " to drop loginToken " +
-        "from queryparams");
+    const formatted = parsedUrl.toString();
+    console.log("Redirecting to " + formatted + " to drop loginToken from queryparams");
     window.location.href = formatted;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
index 8db12856f3..4524d720ce 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
+++ b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import request from 'browser-request';
 import dis from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher.js';
 import { _t } from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler';
 
-import url from 'url';
 import UAParser from 'ua-parser-js';
 
 const POKE_RATE_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 min
@@ -179,15 +178,15 @@ export default class WebPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
 
     getDefaultDeviceDisplayName(): string {
         // strip query-string and fragment from uri
-        const u = url.parse(window.location.href);
+        const u = new URL(window.location);
         u.search = "";
         u.hash = "";
-        const appName = u.format();
+        const appName = u.toString();
 
         const ua = new UAParser();
         const browserName = ua.getBrowser().name || "unknown browser";
         const osName = ua.getOS().name || "unknown os";
-        return _t('%(appName)s via %(browserName)s on %(osName)s', {appName: appName, browserName: browserName, osName: osName});
+        return _t('%(appName)s via %(browserName)s on %(osName)s', {appName, browserName, osName});
     }
 
     screenCaptureErrorString(): ?string {