diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d2bb13bf36..4efc4e4163 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## Fixed
 
+- [#2489](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2489) Fix location change event handling when `Location` objects are removed from the layout. Event handlers would not be removed and eventually change props of a random DOM element, fix [#1346](https://github.com/plotly/dash/issues/1346)
 - [#2498](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2498) Fix error when caching callbacks which return `Patch` objects by making `Patch` objects picklable
 - [#2491](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2491) Fix clientside inline function name not found, fix [#2488](https://github.com/plotly/dash/issues/2488)
 
diff --git a/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Location.react.js b/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Location.react.js
index a9aa6916ad..bf534e486b 100644
--- a/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Location.react.js
+++ b/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Location.react.js
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ export default class Location extends Component {
         this.updateLocation(this.props);
     }
 
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        window.onpopstate = () => {};
+        window.removeEventListener(
+            '_dashprivate_pushstate',
+            this.onLocationChange
+        );
+    }
+
     UNSAFE_componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
         this.updateLocation(nextProps);
     }