diff --git a/packages/waku/src/router/client.ts b/packages/waku/src/router/client.ts
index f3bc8728e..09a272408 100644
--- a/packages/waku/src/router/client.ts
+++ b/packages/waku/src/router/client.ts
@@ -349,25 +349,17 @@ const InnerRouter = ({
   const changeRoute: ChangeRoute = useCallback(
     (route, options) => {
       const { skipRefetch } = options || {};
-      const performChange = () => {
-        startTransition(() => {
-          if (!staticPathSet.has(route.path) && !skipRefetch) {
-            const rscPath = encodeRoutePath(route.path);
-            const rscParams = createRscParams(route.query);
-            refetch(rscPath, rscParams);
-          }
-          if (options.shouldScroll) {
-            handleScroll();
-          }
-          setRoute(route);
-        });
-      };
-
-      if ('startViewTransition' in document) {
-        document.startViewTransition(performChange);
-      } else {
-        performChange();
-      }
+      startTransition(() => {
+        if (!staticPathSet.has(route.path) && !skipRefetch) {
+          const rscPath = encodeRoutePath(route.path);
+          const rscParams = createRscParams(route.query);
+          refetch(rscPath, rscParams);
+        }
+        if (options.shouldScroll) {
+          handleScroll();
+        }
+        setRoute(route);
+      });
     },
     [refetch, staticPathSet],
   );
@@ -411,11 +403,8 @@ const InnerRouter = ({
           '',
           url,
         );
-        changeRoute(parseRoute(url), {
-          skipRefetch: true,
-          shouldScroll: false,
-        });
       }
+      changeRoute(parseRoute(url), { skipRefetch: true, shouldScroll: false });
     };
     locationListeners.add(callback);
     return () => {