diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index b3f44f6e46..6ff1a3ff63 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ import { ThemedPageErrorComponent } from './page-error/themed-page-error.compone
           },
           {
             path: 'community-list',
-            loadChildren: () => import('./community-list-page/community-list-page.module')
-              .then((m) => m.CommunityListPageModule),
+            loadChildren: () => import('./community-list-page/community-list-page-routes')
+              .then((m) => m.ROUTES),
             canActivate: [EndUserAgreementCurrentUserGuard]
           },
           {
diff --git a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page-routes.ts b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page-routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7d4b85563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page-routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Route } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { CommunityListService } from './community-list-service';
+import { ThemedCommunityListPageComponent } from './themed-community-list-page.component';
+import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
+
+/**
+ * RouterModule to help navigate to the page with the community list tree
+ */
+export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
+  {
+    path: '',
+    component: ThemedCommunityListPageComponent,
+    pathMatch: 'full',
+    providers: [CommunityListService],
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+    },
+    data: {title: 'communityList.tabTitle', breadcrumbKey: 'communityList'}
+  }
+];
diff --git a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page.module.ts b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 945a3bf9ea..0000000000
--- a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
-import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
-import { CommunityListPageComponent } from './community-list-page.component';
-import { CommunityListPageRoutingModule } from './community-list-page.routing.module';
-import { CommunityListComponent } from './community-list/community-list.component';
-import { ThemedCommunityListPageComponent } from './themed-community-list-page.component';
-import { ThemedCommunityListComponent } from './community-list/themed-community-list.component';
-import { CdkTreeModule } from '@angular/cdk/tree';
-
-
-const DECLARATIONS = [
-  CommunityListPageComponent,
-  CommunityListComponent,
-  ThemedCommunityListPageComponent,
-  ThemedCommunityListComponent
-];
-/**
- * The page which houses a title and the community list, as described in community-list.component
- */
-@NgModule({
-    imports: [
-        CommonModule,
-        CommunityListPageRoutingModule,
-        CdkTreeModule,
-        ...DECLARATIONS
-    ],
-    exports: [
-        ...DECLARATIONS,
-        CdkTreeModule,
-    ]
-})
-export class CommunityListPageModule {
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page.routing.module.ts b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page.routing.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1754b1b7cf..0000000000
--- a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list-page.routing.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
-import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import { CdkTreeModule } from '@angular/cdk/tree';
-
-import { CommunityListService } from './community-list-service';
-import { ThemedCommunityListPageComponent } from './themed-community-list-page.component';
-import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
-
-/**
- * RouterModule to help navigate to the page with the community list tree
- */
-@NgModule({
-  imports: [
-    RouterModule.forChild([
-      {
-        path: '',
-        component: ThemedCommunityListPageComponent,
-        pathMatch: 'full',
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'communityList.tabTitle', breadcrumbKey: 'communityList' }
-      }
-    ]),
-    CdkTreeModule,
-  ],
-  providers: [CommunityListService]
-})
-export class CommunityListPageRoutingModule {
-}
diff --git a/src/themes/custom/lazy-theme.module.ts b/src/themes/custom/lazy-theme.module.ts
index 861468a7a3..f54abcfb77 100644
--- a/src/themes/custom/lazy-theme.module.ts
+++ b/src/themes/custom/lazy-theme.module.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { AppModule } from '../../app/app.module';
 import { ItemPageModule } from '../../app/item-page/item-page.module';
 import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import { CommunityListPageModule } from '../../app/community-list-page/community-list-page.module';
 import { InfoModule } from '../../app/info/info.module';
 import { StatisticsPageModule } from '../../app/statistics-page/statistics-page.module';
 import { CommunityPageModule } from '../../app/community-page/community-page.module';
@@ -274,7 +273,6 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
         CollectionPageModule,
         CommonModule,
         CommunityFormModule,
-        CommunityListPageModule,
         CommunityPageModule,
         DragDropModule,
         ItemSharedModule,
diff --git a/src/themes/dspace/lazy-theme.module.ts b/src/themes/dspace/lazy-theme.module.ts
index 85c14d3e8a..39df9e0d6c 100644
--- a/src/themes/dspace/lazy-theme.module.ts
+++ b/src/themes/dspace/lazy-theme.module.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { AppModule } from '../../app/app.module';
 import { ItemPageModule } from '../../app/item-page/item-page.module';
 import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import { CommunityListPageModule } from '../../app/community-list-page/community-list-page.module';
 import { InfoModule } from '../../app/info/info.module';
 import { StatisticsPageModule } from '../../app/statistics-page/statistics-page.module';
 import { CommunityPageModule } from '../../app/community-page/community-page.module';
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
     CollectionPageModule,
     CommonModule,
     CommunityFormModule,
-    CommunityListPageModule,
     CommunityPageModule,
     DragDropModule,
     ItemSharedModule,