diff --git a/src/features/ui/components/columns-area.tsx b/src/features/ui/components/columns-area.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e64ee449f..000000000
--- a/src/features/ui/components/columns-area.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-import { Layout } from '../../../components/ui';
-
-interface IColumnsArea {
-  layout: any;
-  children: React.ReactNode;
-}
-
-const ColumnsArea: React.FC<IColumnsArea> = (props) => {
-  const { children } = props;
-  const layout = props.layout || { LEFT: null, RIGHT: null };
-
-  return (
-    <Layout>
-      <Layout.Sidebar>
-        {layout.LEFT}
-      </Layout.Sidebar>
-
-      <Layout.Main>
-        {children}
-      </Layout.Main>
-
-      <Layout.Aside>
-        {layout.RIGHT}
-      </Layout.Aside>
-    </Layout>
-  );
-};
-
-export { ColumnsArea as default };
diff --git a/src/features/ui/util/react-router-helpers.tsx b/src/features/ui/util/react-router-helpers.tsx
index a1f80f04d..6c5256af7 100644
--- a/src/features/ui/util/react-router-helpers.tsx
+++ b/src/features/ui/util/react-router-helpers.tsx
@@ -7,21 +7,18 @@ import { useOwnAccount, useSettings } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 
 import ColumnForbidden from '../components/column-forbidden';
 import ColumnLoading from '../components/column-loading';
-import ColumnsArea from '../components/columns-area';
 import ErrorColumn from '../components/error-column';
 
 type PageProps = {
   params?: MatchType['params'];
-  layout?: any;
   children: React.ReactNode;
 };
 
 interface IWrappedRoute extends RouteProps {
   component: React.LazyExoticComponent<any>;
-  page?: React.ComponentType<PageProps>;
+  page: React.ComponentType<PageProps>;
   content?: React.ReactNode;
   componentParams?: Record<string, any>;
-  layout?: any;
   publicRoute?: boolean;
   staffOnly?: boolean;
   adminOnly?: boolean;
@@ -33,7 +30,6 @@ const WrappedRoute: React.FC<IWrappedRoute> = ({
   page: Page,
   content,
   componentParams = {},
-  layout,
   publicRoute = false,
   staffOnly = false,
   adminOnly = false,
@@ -45,33 +41,17 @@ const WrappedRoute: React.FC<IWrappedRoute> = ({
   const { account } = useOwnAccount();
   const { isDeveloper } = useSettings();
 
-  const renderComponent = ({ match }: RouteComponentProps) => {
-    if (Page) {
-      return (
-        <ErrorBoundary FallbackComponent={FallbackError}>
-          <Suspense fallback={<FallbackLoading />}>
-            <Page params={match.params} layout={layout} {...componentParams}>
-              <Component params={match.params} {...componentParams}>
-                {content}
-              </Component>
-            </Page>
-          </Suspense>
-        </ErrorBoundary>
-      );
-    }
-
-    return (
-      <ErrorBoundary FallbackComponent={FallbackError}>
-        <Suspense fallback={<FallbackLoading />}>
-          <ColumnsArea layout={layout}>
-            <Component params={match.params} {...componentParams}>
-              {content}
-            </Component>
-          </ColumnsArea>
-        </Suspense>
-      </ErrorBoundary>
-    );
-  };
+  const renderComponent = ({ match }: RouteComponentProps) => (
+    <ErrorBoundary FallbackComponent={FallbackError}>
+      <Suspense fallback={<FallbackLoading />}>
+        <Page params={match.params} {...componentParams}>
+          <Component params={match.params} {...componentParams}>
+            {content}
+          </Component>
+        </Page>
+      </Suspense>
+    </ErrorBoundary>
+  );
 
   const loginRedirect = () => {
     const actualUrl = encodeURIComponent(`${history.location.pathname}${history.location.search}`);