diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/router.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/router.js
index a4f590bae483..ef6c5981099d 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/router.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/router.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export class Router {
 		addEventListener('sveltekit:trigger_prefetch', trigger_prefetch);
 
 		/** @param {MouseEvent} event */
-		addEventListener('click', async (event) => {
+		addEventListener('click', (event) => {
 			if (!this.enabled) return;
 
 			// Adapted from https://github.com/visionmedia/page.js