diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
index 5f113b0262..1105abe3c7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -340,14 +340,10 @@ export class AuthService {
     this.getRedirectUrl()
       .first()
       .subscribe((redirectUrl) => {
+
         if (isNotEmpty(redirectUrl)) {
           this.clearRedirectUrl();
-
-          // override the route reuse strategy
-          this.router.routeReuseStrategy.shouldReuseRoute = () => {
-            return false;
-          };
-          this.router.navigated = false;
+          this.router.onSameUrlNavigation = 'reload';
           const url = decodeURIComponent(redirectUrl);
           this.router.navigateByUrl(url);
           /* TODO Reenable hard redirect when REST API can handle x-forwarded-for, see https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2207 */