diff --git a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
index 6b1d17985..1705c3749 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
+++ b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 
 import VectorBasePlatform from './VectorBasePlatform';
 import { parseQs } from "../url_utils";
-import { reloadPage } from "../routing";
 
 const POKE_RATE_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 min
 
@@ -142,14 +141,9 @@ export default class WebPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
 
             // Set updated=1 as a query param so we can detect that we've already done this once
             // and reload the page.
-            let suffix = "updated=1";
-            if (window.location.search.length === 0) {
-                suffix = "?" + suffix;
-            } else {
-                suffix = "&" + suffix;
-            }
-
-            reloadPage(window.location.href + suffix);
+            const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+            url.searchParams.set("updated", "1");
+            window.location.href = url.toString();
         });
         setInterval(() => this.pollForUpdate(showUpdateToast, hideUpdateToast), POKE_RATE_MS);
     }
diff --git a/src/vector/routing.ts b/src/vector/routing.ts
index 07babd6a7..73d579417 100644
--- a/src/vector/routing.ts
+++ b/src/vector/routing.ts
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ export function onNewScreen(screen: string, replaceLast = false) {
     }
 }
 
-// reload the page to a different url
-export function reloadPage(newUrl: string) {
-    console.log("reloadPage to " + newUrl);
-    window.removeEventListener('hashchange', onHashChange);
-    window.location.href = newUrl;
-}
-
 export function init() {
     window.addEventListener('hashchange', onHashChange);
 }