diff --git a/app/models/group.rb b/app/models/group.rb
index 6865e61071813810b9c3c29d611e1c1105ddfe51..00a595d27058df634061dac49c924e15aafd82ce 100644
--- a/app/models/group.rb
+++ b/app/models/group.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Group < Namespace
   end
 
   def web_url
-    Gitlab::Routing.url_helpers.group_canonical_url(self)
+    Gitlab::Routing.url_helpers.group_url(self)
   end
 
   def human_name
diff --git a/config/routes/group.rb b/config/routes/group.rb
index 826048ba196cf9290cd624c4022f034860bbce2e..4838c9d91c6528b8aa6f3b3bdce9b8d5ed709afb 100644
--- a/config/routes/group.rb
+++ b/config/routes/group.rb
@@ -12,26 +12,23 @@ constraints(GroupUrlConstrainer.new) do
   end
 end
 
-scope constraints: { id: /[a-zA-Z.0-9_\-]+(?<!\.atom)/ } do
-  resources :groups, except: [:show] do
-    member do
-      get :issues
-      get :merge_requests
-      get :projects
-      get :activity
-    end
+resources :groups, constraints: { id: /[a-zA-Z.0-9_\-]+(?<!\.atom)/ }  do
+  member do
+    get :issues
+    get :merge_requests
+    get :projects
+    get :activity
+  end
 
-    scope module: :groups do
-      resources :group_members, only: [:index, :create, :update, :destroy], concerns: :access_requestable do
-        post :resend_invite, on: :member
-        delete :leave, on: :collection
-      end
+  scope module: :groups do
+    resources :group_members, only: [:index, :create, :update, :destroy], concerns: :access_requestable do
+      post :resend_invite, on: :member
+      delete :leave, on: :collection
+    end
 
-      resource :avatar, only: [:destroy]
-      resources :milestones, constraints: { id: /[^\/]+/ }, only: [:index, :show, :update, :new, :create]
+    resource :avatar, only: [:destroy]
+    resources :milestones, constraints: { id: /[^\/]+/ }, only: [:index, :show, :update, :new, :create]
 
-      resources :labels, except: [:show], constraints: { id: /\d+/ }
-    end
+    resources :labels, except: [:show], constraints: { id: /\d+/ }
   end
-  get 'groups/:id' => 'groups#show', as: :group_canonical
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/group_spec.rb b/spec/models/group_spec.rb
index 47f89f744cb74c1138ed82bf6487de865ef993bf..ac862055ebc145f071fded8a03b2d12bb93568b3 100644
--- a/spec/models/group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/group_spec.rb
@@ -265,10 +265,4 @@ describe Group, models: true do
 
     members
   end
-
-  describe '#web_url' do
-    it 'returns the canonical URL' do
-      expect(group.web_url).to include("groups/#{group.name}")
-    end
-  end
 end