diff --git a/components/lib/breadcrumb/BaseBreadcrumb.vue b/components/lib/breadcrumb/BaseBreadcrumb.vue
index 4d61e8ebc..4ce380886 100644
--- a/components/lib/breadcrumb/BaseBreadcrumb.vue
+++ b/components/lib/breadcrumb/BaseBreadcrumb.vue
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ export default {
         home: {
             type: null,
             default: null
-        },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
         }
     },
     style: BreadcrumbStyle,
diff --git a/components/lib/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.d.ts b/components/lib/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.d.ts
index fbc9c2097..f383b03c6 100755
--- a/components/lib/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.d.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ export interface BreadcrumbProps {
     home?: MenuItem | 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/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.vue b/components/lib/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.vue
index 1b1158f57..cb3ecd280 100755
--- a/components/lib/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.vue
+++ b/components/lib/breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <template>
     <nav :class="cx('root')" v-bind="ptm('root')" data-pc-name="breadcrumb">
         <ol :class="cx('menu')" v-bind="ptm('menu')">
-            <BreadcrumbItem v-if="home" :item="home" :class="cx('home')" :templates="$slots" :exact="exact" :pt="pt" :unstyled="unstyled" v-bind="ptm('home')" />
+            <BreadcrumbItem v-if="home" :item="home" :class="cx('home')" :templates="$slots" :pt="pt" :unstyled="unstyled" v-bind="ptm('home')" />
             <template v-for="(item, i) of model" :key="item.label + '_' + i">
                 <li v-if="home || i !== 0" :class="cx('separator')" v-bind="ptm('separator')">
                     <slot name="separator">
                         <ChevronRightIcon aria-hidden="true" v-bind="ptm('separatorIcon')" />
                     </slot>
                 </li>
-                <BreadcrumbItem :item="item" :index="i" :templates="$slots" :exact="exact" :pt="pt" :unstyled="unstyled" />
+                <BreadcrumbItem :item="item" :index="i" :templates="$slots" :pt="pt" :unstyled="unstyled" />
             </template>
         </ol>
     </nav>
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ import BreadcrumbItem from './BreadcrumbItem.vue';
 export default {
     name: 'Breadcrumb',
     extends: BaseBreadcrumb,
-    beforeMount() {
-        if (!this.$slots.item) {
-            console.warn('In future versions, vue-router support will be removed. Item templating should be used.');
-        }
-    },
     components: {
         BreadcrumbItem: BreadcrumbItem,
         ChevronRightIcon: ChevronRightIcon
diff --git a/components/lib/breadcrumb/BreadcrumbItem.vue b/components/lib/breadcrumb/BreadcrumbItem.vue
index 82d02312c..7fef60a34 100755
--- a/components/lib/breadcrumb/BreadcrumbItem.vue
+++ b/components/lib/breadcrumb/BreadcrumbItem.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 <template>
     <li v-if="visible()" :class="[cx('menuitem'), item.class]" v-bind="ptm('menuitem', ptmOptions)">
         <template v-if="!templates.item">
-            <router-link v-if="item.to" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="item.to" custom>
-                <a :href="href" :class="cx('action', { isActive, isExactActive })" :aria-current="isCurrentUrl()" @click="onClick($event, navigate)" v-bind="ptm('action', ptmOptions)">
-                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="cx('icon')" />
-                    <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="[cx('icon'), item.icon]" v-bind="ptm('icon', ptmOptions)" />
-                    <span v-if="item.label" :class="cx('label')" v-bind="ptm('label', ptmOptions)">{{ label() }}</span>
-                </a>
-            </router-link>
-            <a v-else :href="item.url || '#'" :class="cx('action')" :target="item.target" :aria-current="isCurrentUrl()" @click="onClick" v-bind="ptm('action', ptmOptions)">
+            <a :href="item.url || '#'" :class="cx('action')" :target="item.target" :aria-current="isCurrentUrl()" @click="onClick" v-bind="ptm('action', ptmOptions)">
                 <component v-if="templates && templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="cx('icon', ptmOptions)" />
                 <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="[cx('icon'), item.icon]" v-bind="ptm('icon', ptmOptions)" />
                 <span v-if="item.label" :class="cx('label')" v-bind="ptm('label', ptmOptions)">{{ label() }}</span>
@@ -29,7 +22,6 @@ export default {
     props: {
         item: null,
         templates: null,
-        exact: null,
         index: null
     },
     methods: {
@@ -40,10 +32,6 @@ export default {
                     item: this.item
                 });
             }
-
-            if (this.item.to && navigate) {
-                navigate(event);
-            }
         },
         visible() {
             return typeof this.item.visible === 'function' ? this.item.visible() : this.item.visible !== false;
diff --git a/components/lib/breadcrumb/style/BreadcrumbStyle.js b/components/lib/breadcrumb/style/BreadcrumbStyle.js
index 8111bb0c6..4fb1c398c 100644
--- a/components/lib/breadcrumb/style/BreadcrumbStyle.js
+++ b/components/lib/breadcrumb/style/BreadcrumbStyle.js
@@ -42,13 +42,7 @@ const classes = {
     home: 'p-breadcrumb-home',
     separator: 'p-menuitem-separator',
     menuitem: ({ instance }) => ['p-menuitem', { 'p-disabled': instance.disabled() }],
-    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'
 };