diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
index b9d2fc25c39..3328ff9cc23 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ w.gl.utils.removeParamQueryString = function(url, param) {
   })()).join('&');
 };
 w.gl.utils.removeParams = (params) => {
-  const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+  const url = document.createElement('a');
+  url.href = window.location.href;
   params.forEach((param) => {
     url.search = w.gl.utils.removeParamQueryString(url.search, param);
   });