diff --git a/packages/react-docs/src/components/doc_reference.tsx b/packages/react-docs/src/components/doc_reference.tsx
index 00b1286a4c..85547576b1 100644
--- a/packages/react-docs/src/components/doc_reference.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-docs/src/components/doc_reference.tsx
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@ export interface DocReferenceProps {
 export interface DocReferenceState {}
 
 export class DocReference extends React.Component<DocReferenceProps, DocReferenceState> {
-    public componentDidMount(): void {
-        window.addEventListener('hashchange', this._onHashChanged.bind(this), false);
-    }
-    public componentWillUnmount(): void {
-        window.removeEventListener('hashchange', this._onHashChanged.bind(this), false);
-    }
     public componentDidUpdate(prevProps: DocReferenceProps, _prevState: DocReferenceState): void {
         if (!_.isEqual(prevProps.docAgnosticFormat, this.props.docAgnosticFormat)) {
             const hash = window.location.hash.slice(1);
@@ -323,8 +317,4 @@ export class DocReference extends React.Component<DocReferenceProps, DocReferenc
             />
         );
     }
-    private _onHashChanged(_event: any): void {
-        const hash = window.location.hash.slice(1);
-        sharedUtils.scrollToHash(hash, sharedConstants.SCROLL_CONTAINER_ID);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/website/ts/pages/wiki/wiki.tsx b/packages/website/ts/pages/wiki/wiki.tsx
index e62300ddf0..a35404e339 100644
--- a/packages/website/ts/pages/wiki/wiki.tsx
+++ b/packages/website/ts/pages/wiki/wiki.tsx
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ export class Wiki extends React.Component<WikiProps, WikiState> {
             isHoveringSidebar: false,
         };
     }
-    public componentDidMount(): void {
-        window.addEventListener('hashchange', this._onHashChanged.bind(this), false);
-    }
     public componentWillMount(): void {
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-floating-promises
         this._fetchArticlesBySectionAsync();
@@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ export class Wiki extends React.Component<WikiProps, WikiState> {
     public componentWillUnmount(): void {
         this._isUnmounted = true;
         clearTimeout(this._wikiBackoffTimeoutId);
-        window.removeEventListener('hashchange', this._onHashChanged.bind(this), false);
     }
     public render(): React.ReactNode {
         const sectionNameToLinks = _.isUndefined(this.state.articlesBySection)
@@ -198,8 +194,4 @@ export class Wiki extends React.Component<WikiProps, WikiState> {
         }
         return sectionNameToLinks;
     }
-    private _onHashChanged(_event: any): void {
-        const hash = window.location.hash.slice(1);
-        sharedUtils.scrollToHash(hash, sharedConstants.SCROLL_CONTAINER_ID);
-    }
 }