diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index fef78b65f0..0deb1088c1 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ import { ThemedPageErrorComponent } from './page-error/themed-page-error.compone
           },
           {
             path: 'import-external',
-            loadChildren: () => import('./import-external-page/import-external-page.module')
-              .then((m) => m.ImportExternalPageModule),
+            loadChildren: () => import('./import-external-page/import-external-page-routes')
+              .then((m) => m.ROUTES),
             canActivate: [EndUserAgreementCurrentUserGuard]
           },
           {
diff --git a/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-page-routes.ts b/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-page-routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a368863000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-page-routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Route } from '@angular/router';
+import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
+import {
+  ThemedSubmissionImportExternalComponent
+} from '../submission/import-external/themed-submission-import-external.component';
+
+export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
+  {
+    canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
+    path: '',
+    component: ThemedSubmissionImportExternalComponent,
+    pathMatch: 'full',
+    data: {
+      title: 'submission.import-external.page.title'
+    }
+  }
+];
+
diff --git a/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-page.module.ts b/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-page.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cfac1b5d2..0000000000
--- a/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-page.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
-import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { ImportExternalRoutingModule } from './import-external-routing.module';
-import { SubmissionModule } from '../submission/submission.module';
-import { ImportExternalPageComponent } from './import-external-page.component';
-
-@NgModule({
-    imports: [
-        CommonModule,
-        ImportExternalRoutingModule,
-        SubmissionModule,
-        ImportExternalPageComponent
-    ]
-})
-
-/**
- * This module handles all components that are necessary for the submission external import page
- */
-export class ImportExternalPageModule {
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-routing.module.ts b/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-routing.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e5c6da5b21..0000000000
--- a/src/app/import-external-page/import-external-routing.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
-import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
-import { ThemedSubmissionImportExternalComponent } from '../submission/import-external/themed-submission-import-external.component';
-
-@NgModule({
-  imports: [
-    RouterModule.forChild([
-      {
-        canActivate: [ AuthenticatedGuard ],
-        path: '',
-        component: ThemedSubmissionImportExternalComponent,
-        pathMatch: 'full',
-        data: {
-          title: 'submission.import-external.page.title'
-        }
-      }
-    ])
-  ],
-  providers: [ ]
-})
-export class ImportExternalRoutingModule {
-
-}