diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json b/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json
index 0cba0bf3..7055fa07 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "ajv": "^7.0.0",
     "ajv-errors": "^2.0.0",
     "ajv-keywords": "^4.0.0",
-    "connected-react-router": "^6.8.0",
     "copy-text-to-clipboard": "^3.0.0",
     "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
     "diacritics": "^1.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/bootstrap.js b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/bootstrap.js
index dfca8b52..b8fadf67 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/bootstrap.js
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/bootstrap.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { render } from 'react-dom';
 import { Provider, connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { Route } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { ConnectedRouter } from 'connected-react-router';
-import history from 'Routing/history';
+import { Route, Router } from 'react-router-dom';
 import store from 'ReduxStore';
+import history from 'Routing/history';
 import { loadConfig } from 'Actions/config';
 import { authenticateUser } from 'Actions/auth';
 import { getPhrases } from 'Lib/phrases';
@@ -23,9 +22,9 @@ function TranslatedApp({ locale, config }) {
   return (
     <I18n locale={locale} messages={getPhrases(locale)}>
       <ErrorBoundary showBackup config={config}>
-        <ConnectedRouter history={history}>
+        <Router history={history}>
           <Route component={App} />
-        </ConnectedRouter>
+        </Router>
       </ErrorBoundary>
     </I18n>
   );
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/reducers/combinedReducer.js b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/reducers/combinedReducer.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from packages/netlify-cms-core/src/reducers/combinedReducer.js
rename to packages/netlify-cms-core/src/reducers/combinedReducer.ts
index f38b9f46..389e72c4 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/reducers/combinedReducer.js
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/reducers/combinedReducer.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
-import { connectRouter } from 'connected-react-router';
 import { reducer as notifReducer } from 'redux-notifications';
 import reducers from './index';
 
-function createRootReducer(history) {
+function createRootReducer() {
   return combineReducers({
     ...reducers,
     notifs: notifReducer,
-    router: connectRouter(history),
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/redux/index.ts b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/redux/index.ts
index f897e6e5..d293787a 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/redux/index.ts
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/redux/index.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware, AnyAction } from 'redux';
 import { composeWithDevTools } from 'redux-devtools-extension';
 import thunkMiddleware, { ThunkMiddleware } from 'redux-thunk';
-import { routerMiddleware } from 'connected-react-router';
 import { waitUntilAction } from './middleware/waitUntilAction';
 import createRootReducer from '../reducers/combinedReducer';
-import history from '../routing/history';
 import { State } from '../types/redux';
 import { Reducer } from 'react';
 
 const store = createStore<State | undefined, AnyAction, unknown, unknown>(
-  (createRootReducer(history) as unknown) as Reducer<State | undefined, AnyAction>,
-  composeWithDevTools(
-    applyMiddleware(
-      routerMiddleware(history),
-      thunkMiddleware as ThunkMiddleware<State, AnyAction>,
-      waitUntilAction,
-    ),
-  ),
+  (createRootReducer() as unknown) as Reducer<State | undefined, AnyAction>,
+  composeWithDevTools(applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware as ThunkMiddleware<State>, waitUntilAction)),
 );
 
 export default store;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d02df75b..aadaae97 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6251,17 +6251,6 @@ connect-history-api-fallback@^1.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/connect-history-api-fallback/-/connect-history-api-fallback-1.6.0.tgz#8b32089359308d111115d81cad3fceab888f97bc"
   integrity sha512-e54B99q/OUoH64zYYRf3HBP5z24G38h5D3qXu23JGRoigpX5Ss4r9ZnDk3g0Z8uQC2x2lPaJ+UlWBc1ZWBWdLg==
 
-connected-react-router@^6.8.0:
-  version "6.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/connected-react-router/-/connected-react-router-6.9.1.tgz#d842eebaa15b9920e2e45fc03d74e41110e94e4c"
-  integrity sha512-BbtB6t0iqAwGwygDenJl9zmlk7vpKWIRSycULmkAOn2RUaF6+bqETprl0qcIqQmY5CTqSwKanaxkLXYWiffAfQ==
-  dependencies:
-    lodash.isequalwith "^4.4.0"
-    prop-types "^15.7.2"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    immutable "^3.8.1 || ^4.0.0-rc.1"
-    seamless-immutable "^7.1.3"
-
 console-browserify@^1.1.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/console-browserify/-/console-browserify-1.2.0.tgz#67063cef57ceb6cf4993a2ab3a55840ae8c49336"
@@ -9895,11 +9884,6 @@ immutable@^3.7.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/immutable/-/immutable-3.8.2.tgz#c2439951455bb39913daf281376f1530e104adf3"
   integrity sha1-wkOZUUVbs5kT2vKBN28VMOEErfM=
 
-"immutable@^3.8.1 || ^4.0.0-rc.1":
-  version "4.0.0-rc.12"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/immutable/-/immutable-4.0.0-rc.12.tgz#ca59a7e4c19ae8d9bf74a97bdf0f6e2f2a5d0217"
-  integrity sha512-0M2XxkZLx/mi3t8NVwIm1g8nHoEmM9p9UBl/G9k4+hm0kBgOVdMV/B3CY5dQ8qG8qc80NN4gDV4HQv6FTJ5q7A==
-
 import-cwd@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/import-cwd/-/import-cwd-2.1.0.tgz#aa6cf36e722761285cb371ec6519f53e2435b0a9"
@@ -11789,11 +11773,6 @@ lodash.get@^4.4.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz#2d177f652fa31e939b4438d5341499dfa3825e99"
   integrity sha1-LRd/ZS+jHpObRDjVNBSZ36OCXpk=
 
-lodash.isequalwith@^4.4.0:
-  version "4.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isequalwith/-/lodash.isequalwith-4.4.0.tgz#266726ddd528f854f21f4ea98a065606e0fbc6b0"
-  integrity sha1-Jmcm3dUo+FTyH06pigZWBuD7xrA=
-
 lodash.ismatch@^4.4.0:
   version "4.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.ismatch/-/lodash.ismatch-4.4.0.tgz#756cb5150ca3ba6f11085a78849645f188f85f37"
@@ -15920,11 +15899,6 @@ schema-utils@^3.0.0:
     ajv "^6.12.5"
     ajv-keywords "^3.5.2"
 
-seamless-immutable@^7.1.3:
-  version "7.1.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/seamless-immutable/-/seamless-immutable-7.1.4.tgz#6e9536def083ddc4dea0207d722e0e80d0f372f8"
-  integrity sha512-XiUO1QP4ki4E2PHegiGAlu6r82o5A+6tRh7IkGGTVg/h+UoeX4nFBeCGPOhb4CYjvkqsfm/TUtvOMYC1xmV30A==
-
 section-matter@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/section-matter/-/section-matter-1.0.0.tgz#e9041953506780ec01d59f292a19c7b850b84167"