diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a9142e287a6aa..8b005e534712d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10134,8 +10134,7 @@
 				"lodash": "^4.17.15",
 				"memize": "^1.0.5",
 				"moment": "^2.22.1",
-				"tinycolor2": "^1.4.1",
-				"url": "^0.11.0"
+				"tinycolor2": "^1.4.1"
 			}
 		},
 		"@wordpress/block-serialization-default-parser": {
@@ -32252,7 +32251,8 @@
 		"querystring": {
 			"version": "0.2.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystring/-/querystring-0.2.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha1-sgmEkgO7Jd+CDadW50cAWHhSFiA="
+			"integrity": "sha1-sgmEkgO7Jd+CDadW50cAWHhSFiA=",
+			"dev": true
 		},
 		"querystring-es3": {
 			"version": "0.2.1",
@@ -39034,6 +39034,7 @@
 			"version": "0.11.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url/-/url-0.11.0.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha1-ODjpfPxgUh63PFJajlW/3Z4uKPE=",
+			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
 				"punycode": "1.3.2",
 				"querystring": "0.2.0"
@@ -39042,7 +39043,8 @@
 				"punycode": {
 					"version": "1.3.2",
 					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-1.3.2.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha1-llOgNvt8HuQjQvIyXM7v6jkmxI0="
+					"integrity": "sha1-llOgNvt8HuQjQvIyXM7v6jkmxI0=",
+					"dev": true
 				}
 			}
 		},
diff --git a/packages/block-library/package.json b/packages/block-library/package.json
index e292ffe981c1a..ea6eb182f8e1a 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/package.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/package.json
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
 		"lodash": "^4.17.15",
 		"memize": "^1.0.5",
 		"moment": "^2.22.1",
-		"tinycolor2": "^1.4.1",
-		"url": "^0.11.0"
+		"tinycolor2": "^1.4.1"
 	},
 	"publishConfig": {
 		"access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/embed/embed-preview.js b/packages/block-library/src/embed/embed-preview.js
index db139e5292b7b..419ef17c7bb11 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/embed/embed-preview.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/embed/embed-preview.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { getPhotoHtml } from './util';
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import { parse } from 'url';
 import { includes } from 'lodash';
 import classnames from 'classnames/dedupe';
 
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ class EmbedPreview extends Component {
 		const { interactive } = this.state;
 
 		const html = 'photo' === type ? getPhotoHtml( preview ) : preview.html;
-		const parsedHost = parse( url ).host.split( '.' );
+		const parsedHost = new URL( url ).host.split( '.' );
 		const parsedHostBaseUrl = parsedHost
 			.splice( parsedHost.length - 2, parsedHost.length - 1 )
 			.join( '.' );