diff --git a/components/lib/menubar/BaseMenubar.vue b/components/lib/menubar/BaseMenubar.vue
index e346ed928..f39effef0 100644
--- a/components/lib/menubar/BaseMenubar.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/BaseMenubar.vue
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ export default {
             type: Array,
             default: null
         },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
         buttonProps: {
             type: null,
             default: null
diff --git a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts
index 7647e9c86..19791d094 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ export interface MenubarProps {
     model?: 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/menubar/Menubar.vue b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
index 0577ee339..567a71ac4 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
             :menuId="id"
             :focusedItemId="focused ? focusedItemId : undefined"
             :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
-            :exact="exact"
             :level="0"
             :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledby"
             :aria-label="ariaLabel"
@@ -89,11 +88,6 @@ export default {
     outsideClickListener: null,
     container: null,
     menubar: null,
-    beforeMount() {
-        if (!this.$slots.item) {
-            console.warn('In future versions, vue-router support will be removed. Item templating should be used.');
-        }
-    },
     mounted() {
         this.id = this.id || UniqueComponentId();
     },
diff --git a/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue b/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
index a3c095176..fa45d4114 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
@@ -21,14 +21,7 @@
             >
                 <div :class="cx('content')" @click="onItemClick($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="cx('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'label')">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
@@ -50,7 +43,6 @@
                     :mobileActive="mobileActive"
                     :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
                     :templates="templates"
-                    :exact="exact"
                     :level="level + 1"
                     :pt="pt"
                     :unstyled="unstyled"
@@ -104,10 +96,6 @@ export default {
             type: Object,
             default: null
         },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
         level: {
             type: Number,
             default: 0
@@ -173,9 +161,6 @@ 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/menubar/style/MenubarStyle.js b/components/lib/menubar/style/MenubarStyle.js
index 65df3e96c..0e8f33055 100644
--- a/components/lib/menubar/style/MenubarStyle.js
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/style/MenubarStyle.js
@@ -99,13 +99,7 @@ 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',