diff --git a/src/app/access-control/access-control-routes.ts b/src/app/access-control/access-control-routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c553fdd6ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/access-control/access-control-routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { EPeopleRegistryComponent } from './epeople-registry/epeople-registry.component';
+import { GroupFormComponent } from './group-registry/group-form/group-form.component';
+import { GroupsRegistryComponent } from './group-registry/groups-registry.component';
+import { EPERSON_PATH, GROUP_PATH } from './access-control-routing-paths';
+import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { GroupPageGuard } from './group-registry/group-page.guard';
+import {
+  GroupAdministratorGuard
+} from '../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/group-administrator.guard';
+import {
+  SiteAdministratorGuard
+} from '../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard';
+import { BulkAccessComponent } from './bulk-access/bulk-access.component';
+import { EPersonFormComponent } from './epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component';
+import { EPersonResolver } from './epeople-registry/eperson-resolver.service';
+import { Route } from '@angular/router';
+
+export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
+  {
+    path: EPERSON_PATH,
+    component: EPeopleRegistryComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+    },
+    data: {title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople'},
+    canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard]
+  },
+  {
+    path: `${EPERSON_PATH}/create`,
+    component: EPersonFormComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver,
+    },
+    data: {title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.add.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople.add'},
+    canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard],
+  },
+  {
+    path: `${EPERSON_PATH}/:id/edit`,
+    component: EPersonFormComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver,
+      ePerson: EPersonResolver,
+    },
+    data: {title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.edit.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople.edit'},
+    canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard],
+  },
+  {
+    path: GROUP_PATH,
+    component: GroupsRegistryComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+    },
+    data: {title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups'},
+    canActivate: [GroupAdministratorGuard]
+  },
+  {
+    path: `${GROUP_PATH}/create`,
+    component: GroupFormComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+    },
+    data: {title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.addGroup', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.addGroup'},
+    canActivate: [GroupAdministratorGuard]
+  },
+  {
+    path: `${GROUP_PATH}/:groupId/edit`,
+    component: GroupFormComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+    },
+    data: {
+      title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.singleGroup',
+      breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.singleGroup'
+    },
+    canActivate: [GroupPageGuard]
+  },
+  {
+    path: 'bulk-access',
+    component: BulkAccessComponent,
+    resolve: {
+      breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+    },
+    data: {title: 'admin.access-control.bulk-access.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.bulk-access'},
+    canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard]
+  },
+];
diff --git a/src/app/access-control/access-control-routing.module.ts b/src/app/access-control/access-control-routing.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 97d049ad83..0000000000
--- a/src/app/access-control/access-control-routing.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
-import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import { EPeopleRegistryComponent } from './epeople-registry/epeople-registry.component';
-import { GroupFormComponent } from './group-registry/group-form/group-form.component';
-import { GroupsRegistryComponent } from './group-registry/groups-registry.component';
-import { EPERSON_PATH, GROUP_PATH } from './access-control-routing-paths';
-import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
-import { GroupPageGuard } from './group-registry/group-page.guard';
-import {
-  GroupAdministratorGuard
-} from '../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/group-administrator.guard';
-import {
-  SiteAdministratorGuard
-} from '../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard';
-import { BulkAccessComponent } from './bulk-access/bulk-access.component';
-import { EPersonFormComponent } from './epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component';
-import { EPersonResolver } from './epeople-registry/eperson-resolver.service';
-
-@NgModule({
-  imports: [
-    RouterModule.forChild([
-      {
-        path: EPERSON_PATH,
-        component: EPeopleRegistryComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople' },
-        canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard]
-      },
-      {
-        path: `${EPERSON_PATH}/create`,
-        component: EPersonFormComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver,
-        },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.add.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople.add' },
-        canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard],
-      },
-      {
-        path: `${EPERSON_PATH}/:id/edit`,
-        component: EPersonFormComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver,
-          ePerson: EPersonResolver,
-        },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.edit.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople.edit' },
-        canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard],
-      },
-      {
-        path: GROUP_PATH,
-        component: GroupsRegistryComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups' },
-        canActivate: [GroupAdministratorGuard]
-      },
-      {
-        path: `${GROUP_PATH}/create`,
-        component: GroupFormComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.addGroup', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.addGroup' },
-        canActivate: [GroupAdministratorGuard]
-      },
-      {
-        path: `${GROUP_PATH}/:groupId/edit`,
-        component: GroupFormComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.singleGroup', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.singleGroup' },
-        canActivate: [GroupPageGuard]
-      },
-      {
-        path: 'bulk-access',
-        component: BulkAccessComponent,
-        resolve: {
-          breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
-        },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.bulk-access.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.bulk-access' },
-        canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard]
-      },
-    ])
-  ]
-})
-/**
- * Routing module for the AccessControl section of the admin sidebar
- */
-export class AccessControlRoutingModule {
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/access-control/access-control.module.ts b/src/app/access-control/access-control.module.ts
index 87685bc295..9bf3e29070 100644
--- a/src/app/access-control/access-control.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/access-control/access-control.module.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import { AccessControlRoutingModule } from './access-control-routing.module';
 import { EPeopleRegistryComponent } from './epeople-registry/epeople-registry.component';
 import { EPersonFormComponent } from './epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component';
 import { GroupFormComponent } from './group-registry/group-form/group-form.component';
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ export const ValidateEmailErrorStateMatcher: DynamicErrorMessagesMatcher =
     imports: [
         CommonModule,
         RouterModule,
-        AccessControlRoutingModule,
         FormModule,
         NgbAccordionModule,
         SearchModule,
diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 703d93892a..0900872ef5 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ import { ThemedPageErrorComponent } from './page-error/themed-page-error.compone
           },
           {
             path: ACCESS_CONTROL_MODULE_PATH,
-            loadChildren: () => import('./access-control/access-control.module').then((m) => m.AccessControlModule),
+            loadChildren: () => import('./access-control/access-control-routes').then((m) => m.ROUTES),
             canActivate: [GroupAdministratorGuard, EndUserAgreementCurrentUserGuard],
           },
           {