diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
index 2a3559b3a4..d9ed7d061b 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ import DialPadModal from "../views/voip/DialPadModal";
 import { showToast as showMobileGuideToast } from '../../toasts/MobileGuideToast';
 import { shouldUseLoginForWelcome } from "../../utils/pages";
 import SpaceStore from "../../stores/SpaceStore";
-import SpaceRoomDirectory from "./SpaceRoomDirectory";
 import {replaceableComponent} from "../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 import RoomListStore from "../../stores/room-list/RoomListStore";
 import {RoomUpdateCause} from "../../stores/room-list/models";
+import defaultDispatcher from "../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import SecurityCustomisations from "../../customisations/Security";
 
 /** constants for MatrixChat.state.view */
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ interface IState {
     ready: boolean;
     threepidInvite?: IThreepidInvite,
     roomOobData?: object;
-    viaServers?: string[];
     pendingInitialSync?: boolean;
     justRegistered?: boolean;
     roomJustCreatedOpts?: IOpts;
@@ -696,10 +695,10 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             }
             case Action.ViewRoomDirectory: {
                 if (SpaceStore.instance.activeSpace) {
-                    Modal.createTrackedDialog("Space room directory", "", SpaceRoomDirectory, {
-                        space: SpaceStore.instance.activeSpace,
-                        initialText: payload.initialText,
-                    }, "mx_SpaceRoomDirectory_dialogWrapper", false, true);
+                    defaultDispatcher.dispatch({
+                        action: "view_room",
+                        room_id: SpaceStore.instance.activeSpace.roomId,
+                    });
                 } else {
                     const RoomDirectory = sdk.getComponent("structures.RoomDirectory");
                     Modal.createTrackedDialog('Room directory', '', RoomDirectory, {
@@ -934,7 +933,6 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                 page_type: PageTypes.RoomView,
                 threepidInvite: roomInfo.threepid_invite,
                 roomOobData: roomInfo.oob_data,
-                viaServers: roomInfo.via_servers,
                 ready: true,
                 roomJustCreatedOpts: roomInfo.justCreatedOpts,
             }, () => {