diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/browser_location.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/browser_location.dart
index bffbfee2c12a9..a0f5ff8997a10 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/browser_location.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/browser_location.dart
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ part of engine;
 
 // Some parts of this file were inspired/copied from the AngularDart router.
 
-/// Ensures that [str] is prefixed with [leading]. If [str] is already prefixed,
-/// it'll be returned unchanged. If it's not, this function will prefix it.
+/// Ensures that `str` is prefixed with `leading`.
 ///
-/// The [applyWhenEmpty] flag controls whether this function should prefix [str]
+/// If `str` is already prefixed, it'll be returned unchanged. If it's not,
+/// this function will prefix it.
+///
+/// The `applyWhenEmpty` flag controls whether this function should prefix `str`
 /// or not when it's an empty string.
 ///
 /// ```dart
@@ -27,9 +29,10 @@ String ensureLeading(String str, String leading, {bool applyWhenEmpty = true}) {
   return str.startsWith(leading) ? str : '$leading$str';
 }
 
-/// `LocationStrategy` is responsible for representing and reading route state
-/// from the browser's URL. At the moment, only one strategy is implemented:
-/// [HashLocationStrategy].
+/// [LocationStrategy] is responsible for representing and reading route state
+/// from the browser's URL.
+///
+/// At the moment, only one strategy is implemented: [HashLocationStrategy].
 ///
 /// This is used by [BrowserHistory] to interact with browser history APIs.
 abstract class LocationStrategy {
@@ -61,14 +64,14 @@ abstract class LocationStrategy {
 /// to represent its state.
 ///
 /// In order to use this [LocationStrategy] for an app, it needs to be set in
-/// [ui.window.webOnlyLocationStrategy]:
+/// [ui.window.locationStrategy]:
 ///
 /// ```dart
 /// import 'package:flutter_web/material.dart';
 /// import 'package:flutter_web/ui.dart' as ui;
 ///
 /// void main() {
-///   ui.window.webOnlyLocationStrategy = const ui.HashLocationStrategy();
+///   ui.window.locationStrategy = const ui.HashLocationStrategy();
 ///   runApp(MyApp());
 /// }
 /// ```
@@ -124,8 +127,10 @@ class HashLocationStrategy extends LocationStrategy {
     return _waitForPopState();
   }
 
-  /// Waits until the next popstate event is fired. This is useful for example
-  /// to wait until the browser has handled the `history.back` transition.
+  /// Waits until the next popstate event is fired.
+  ///
+  /// This is useful for example to wait until the browser has handled the
+  /// `history.back` transition.
   Future<void> _waitForPopState() {
     final Completer<void> completer = Completer<void>();
     ui.VoidCallback unsubscribe;
@@ -137,10 +142,10 @@ class HashLocationStrategy extends LocationStrategy {
   }
 }
 
-/// `PlatformLocation` encapsulates all calls to DOM apis, which allows the
+/// [PlatformLocation] encapsulates all calls to DOM apis, which allows the
 /// [LocationStrategy] classes to be platform agnostic and testable.
 ///
-/// The `PlatformLocation` class is used directly by all implementations of
+/// The [PlatformLocation] class is used directly by all implementations of
 /// [LocationStrategy] when they need to interact with the DOM apis like
 /// pushState, popState, etc...
 abstract class PlatformLocation {
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/window.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/window.dart
index 8a995f0ca03ee..0a1a86c5058f8 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/window.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/window.dart
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ class EngineWindow extends ui.Window {
     _browserHistory.locationStrategy = strategy;
   }
 
-  /// This setter is used by [WebNavigatorObserver] to update the url to
-  /// reflect the [Navigator]'s current route name.
-  set webOnlyRouteName(String routeName) {
-    _browserHistory.setRouteName(routeName);
-  }
-
   @override
   void sendPlatformMessage(
     String name,