diff --git a/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue b/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue
index a3e4a5292..dccfbbee4 100644
--- a/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ export default {
             type: Boolean,
             default: false
         },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
         tabindex: {
             type: Number,
             default: 0
diff --git a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.d.ts b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.d.ts
index 124628bd4..f5d1f1173 100755
--- a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.d.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ export interface ContextMenuProps {
     global?: boolean | undefined;
     /**
      * Whether to apply 'router-link-active-exact' class if route exactly matches the item path.
+     * @deprecated since v3.40.0.
      * @defaultValue true
      */
     exact?: boolean | undefined;
diff --git a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.vue b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.vue
index 382cfc391..905f04138 100755
--- a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenu.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
                     :items="processedItems"
                     :templates="$slots"
                     :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
-                    :exact="exact"
                     :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledby"
                     :aria-label="ariaLabel"
                     :level="0"
@@ -77,11 +76,6 @@ export default {
             }
         }
     },
-    beforeMount() {
-        if (!this.$slots.item) {
-            console.warn('In future versions, vue-router support will be removed. Item templating should be used.');
-        }
-    },
     mounted() {
         this.id = this.id || UniqueComponentId();
 
diff --git a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue
index 587e224cd..2830b621c 100755
--- a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue
@@ -22,14 +22,7 @@
                 >
                     <div :class="cx('content')" @click="onItemClick($event, processedItem)" @mouseenter="onItemMouseEnter($event, processedItem)" v-bind="getPTOptions('content', processedItem, index)">
                         <template v-if="!templates.item">
-                            <router-link v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to') && !isItemDisabled(processedItem)" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to')" custom>
-                                <a v-ripple :href="href" :class="cx('action', { isActive, isExactActive })" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" @click="onItemActionClick($event, navigate)" v-bind="getPTOptions('action', processedItem, index)">
-                                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="[cx('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" />
-                                    <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="[cx('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon', processedItem, index)" />
-                                    <span :class="cx('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions('label', processedItem, index)">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
-                                </a>
-                            </router-link>
-                            <a v-else v-ripple :href="getItemProp(processedItem, 'url')" :class="cx('action')" :target="getItemProp(processedItem, 'target')" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions('action', processedItem, index)">
+                            <a v-ripple :href="getItemProp(processedItem, 'url')" :class="cx('action')" :target="getItemProp(processedItem, 'target')" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions('action', processedItem, index)">
                                 <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="[cx('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" />
                                 <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="[cx('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon', processedItem, index)" />
                                 <span :class="cx('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions('label', processedItem, index)">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
@@ -51,7 +44,6 @@
                         :items="processedItem.items"
                         :templates="templates"
                         :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
-                        :exact="exact"
                         :level="level + 1"
                         :visible="isItemActive(processedItem) && isItemGroup(processedItem)"
                         :pt="pt"
@@ -115,10 +107,6 @@ export default {
             type: Object,
             default: null
         },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
         activeItemPath: {
             type: Object,
             default: null
@@ -174,9 +162,6 @@ export default {
         onItemMouseEnter(event, processedItem) {
             this.$emit('item-mouseenter', { originalEvent: event, processedItem });
         },
-        onItemActionClick(event, navigate) {
-            navigate && navigate(event);
-        },
         getAriaSetSize() {
             return this.items.filter((processedItem) => this.isItemVisible(processedItem) && !this.getItemProp(processedItem, 'separator')).length;
         },
diff --git a/components/lib/contextmenu/style/ContextMenuStyle.js b/components/lib/contextmenu/style/ContextMenuStyle.js
index bab02c8bd..f704a325f 100644
--- a/components/lib/contextmenu/style/ContextMenuStyle.js
+++ b/components/lib/contextmenu/style/ContextMenuStyle.js
@@ -63,13 +63,7 @@ const classes = {
         }
     ],
     content: 'p-menuitem-content',
-    action: ({ props, isActive, isExactActive }) => [
-        'p-menuitem-link',
-        {
-            'router-link-active': isActive,
-            'router-link-active-exact': props.exact && isExactActive
-        }
-    ],
+    action: 'p-menuitem-link',
     icon: 'p-menuitem-icon',
     label: 'p-menuitem-text',
     submenuIcon: 'p-submenu-icon',