diff --git a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
index 5e83fdc2a0..a37b7f0ac9 100644
--- a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import _linkifyElement from 'linkifyjs/element';
 import _linkifyString from 'linkifyjs/string';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import EMOJIBASE_REGEX from 'emojibase-regex';
-import url from 'url';
 import katex from 'katex';
 import { AllHtmlEntities } from 'html-entities';
 import { IContent } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event';
@@ -153,10 +152,8 @@ export function getHtmlText(insaneHtml: string): string {
  */
 export function isUrlPermitted(inputUrl: string): boolean {
     try {
-        const parsed = url.parse(inputUrl);
-        if (!parsed.protocol) return false;
         // URL parser protocol includes the trailing colon
-        return PERMITTED_URL_SCHEMES.includes(parsed.protocol.slice(0, -1));
+        return PERMITTED_URL_SCHEMES.includes(new URL(inputUrl).protocol.slice(0, -1));
     } catch (e) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/HostingLink.js b/src/utils/HostingLink.js
index 7595bdd482..134e045ca2 100644
--- a/src/utils/HostingLink.js
+++ b/src/utils/HostingLink.js
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import url from 'url';
-
 import SdkConfig from '../SdkConfig';
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from '../MatrixClientPeg';
-import { urlSearchParamsToObject } from "./UrlUtils";
 
 export function getHostingLink(campaign) {
     const hostingLink = SdkConfig.get().hosting_signup_link;
@@ -28,11 +25,8 @@ export function getHostingLink(campaign) {
     if (MatrixClientPeg.get().getDomain() !== 'matrix.org') return null;
 
     try {
-        const hostingUrl = url.parse(hostingLink);
-        const params = urlSearchParamsToObject(new URLSearchParams(hostingUrl.query));
-        params.utm_campaign = campaign;
-        hostingUrl.search = undefined;
-        hostingUrl.query = params;
+        const hostingUrl = new URL(hostingLink);
+        hostingUrl.searchParams.set("utm_campaign", campaign);
         return hostingUrl.format();
     } catch (e) {
         return hostingLink;
diff --git a/src/utils/UrlUtils.ts b/src/utils/UrlUtils.ts
index 392b44c5e9..ba43340ff5 100644
--- a/src/utils/UrlUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/UrlUtils.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import * as url from "url";
 
-export function urlSearchParamsToObject<T extends {}>(params: URLSearchParams) {
-    return <T>Object.fromEntries([...params.entries()]);
-}
-
 /**
  * If a url has no path component, etc. abbreviate it to just the hostname
  *