diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/application.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/application.js
index 66790a728..f2f8e11fe 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/application.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/application.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
-import jQuery from 'jquery';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { action } from '@ember/object';
 import { A } from '@ember/array';
@@ -31,18 +30,6 @@ export default class ApplicationRoute extends Route {
     return this.origin.updateOrigin();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Adds listener on target=_blank links so that they may be opened in an
-   * external browser.
-   */
-  afterModel() {
-    const ipc = this.ipc;
-    /* eslint-disable-next-line ember/no-jquery */
-    jQuery(document).on('click', 'a[href][target="_blank"]', function () {
-      ipc.invoke('openExternal', this.href);
-    });
-  }
-
   /**
    * Add OS config on controller
    */
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js
index 1c9c7f6e2..a08bfba96 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const {
   BrowserWindow,
   Menu,
   MenuItem,
+  shell,
 } = require('electron');
 require('./ipc/handlers.js');
 
@@ -166,9 +167,13 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
     /* eng-disable LIMIT_NAVIGATION_JS_CHECK */
     if (!url.startsWith('serve://boundary')) event.preventDefault();
   });
+  // Also opens links with target="_blank" in a browser window
   mainWindow.webContents.on('new-window', (event, url) => {
     /* eng-disable LIMIT_NAVIGATION_JS_CHECK */
-    if (!url.startsWith('serve://boundary')) event.preventDefault();
+    if (!url.startsWith('serve://boundary')) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      shell.openExternal(url);
+    }
   });
 
   mainWindow.on('unresponsive', () => {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/package.json b/ui/desktop/package.json
index c22ee5143..607e577b1 100755
--- a/ui/desktop/package.json
+++ b/ui/desktop/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@doyensec/electronegativity": "^1.8.1",
-    "@ember/jquery": "^1.1.0",
     "@ember/optional-features": "^2.0.0",
     "@ember/render-modifiers": "^1.0.2",
     "@ember/test-helpers": "^2.2.8",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index eeeb32795..99bc92f8e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1753,18 +1753,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ember/edition-utils/-/edition-utils-1.2.0.tgz#a039f542dc14c8e8299c81cd5abba95e2459cfa6"
   integrity sha512-VmVq/8saCaPdesQmftPqbFtxJWrzxNGSQ+e8x8LLe3Hjm36pJ04Q8LeORGZkAeOhldoUX9seLGmSaHeXkIqoog==
 
-"@ember/jquery@^1.1.0":
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ember/jquery/-/jquery-1.1.0.tgz#33d062610a5ceaa5c5c8a3187f870d47d6595940"
-  integrity sha512-zePT3LiK4/2bS4xafrbOlwoLJrDFseOZ95OOuVDyswv8RjFL+9lar+uxX6+jxRb0w900BcQSWP/4nuFSK6HXXw==
-  dependencies:
-    broccoli-funnel "^2.0.2"
-    broccoli-merge-trees "^3.0.2"
-    ember-cli-babel "^7.11.1"
-    ember-cli-version-checker "^3.1.3"
-    jquery "^3.4.1"
-    resolve "^1.11.1"
-
 "@ember/optional-features@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ember/optional-features/-/optional-features-2.0.0.tgz#c809abd5a27d5b0ef3c6de3941334ab6153313f0"
@@ -13497,7 +13485,7 @@ joi@^12.0.0:
     isemail "3.x.x"
     topo "2.x.x"
 
-jquery@^3.4.1, jquery@^3.5.0:
+jquery@^3.5.0:
   version "3.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jquery/-/jquery-3.6.0.tgz#c72a09f15c1bdce142f49dbf1170bdf8adac2470"
   integrity sha512-JVzAR/AjBvVt2BmYhxRCSYysDsPcssdmTFnzyLEts9qNwmjmu4JTAMYubEfwVOSwpQ1I1sKKFcxhZCI2buerfw==