diff --git a/components/lib/megamenu/BaseMegaMenu.vue b/components/lib/megamenu/BaseMegaMenu.vue
index ee9220551..ac3df04ba 100644
--- a/components/lib/megamenu/BaseMegaMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/megamenu/BaseMegaMenu.vue
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ export default {
             type: String,
             default: 'horizontal'
         },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
         disabled: {
             type: Boolean,
             default: false
diff --git a/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts b/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts
index b9f1bba7c..37822bb64 100755
--- a/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ export interface MegaMenuProps {
     orientation?: 'horizontal' | 'vertical' | 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/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue b/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue
index cad276116..fc8ff77c1 100755
--- a/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
             :horizontal="horizontal"
             :templates="$slots"
             :activeItem="activeItem"
-            :exact="exact"
             :level="0"
             :pt="pt"
             :unstyled="unstyled"
@@ -73,11 +72,6 @@ export default {
             }
         }
     },
-    beforeMount() {
-        if (!this.$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/megamenu/MegaMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenuSub.vue
index 240c3b272..0e5c4b8b4 100644
--- a/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/megamenu/MegaMenuSub.vue
@@ -22,14 +22,7 @@
             >
                 <div :class="cx('content')" @click="onItemClick($event, processedItem)" @mouseenter="onItemMouseEnter($event, processedItem)" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'content')">
                     <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(processedItem, index, 'action')">
-                                <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(processedItem, index, 'icon')" />
-                                <span :class="cx('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'label')">{{ 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(processedItem, index, 'action')">
+                        <a v-ripple :href="getItemProp(processedItem, 'url')" :class="cx('action')" :target="getItemProp(processedItem, 'target')" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'action')">
                             <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(processedItem, index, 'icon')" />
                             <span :class="level === 0 ? cx('label') : cx('submenuLabel')" v-bind="level === 0 ? getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'label') : getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'submenuLabel')">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
@@ -55,7 +48,6 @@
                                 :submenu="submenu"
                                 :items="submenu.items"
                                 :templates="templates"
-                                :exact="exact"
                                 :level="level + 1"
                                 :pt="pt"
                                 :unstyled="unstyled"
@@ -124,10 +116,6 @@ export default {
             type: Object,
             default: null
         },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
         tabindex: {
             type: Number,
             default: 0
@@ -185,9 +173,6 @@ 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/megamenu/style/MegaMenuStyle.js b/components/lib/megamenu/style/MegaMenuStyle.js
index 0309512df..82e5f49a2 100644
--- a/components/lib/megamenu/style/MegaMenuStyle.js
+++ b/components/lib/megamenu/style/MegaMenuStyle.js
@@ -144,13 +144,7 @@ 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',