diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomDetailRow.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomDetailRow.js
index fbb9db4505..f7dc9086ec 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomDetailRow.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomDetailRow.js
@@ -15,17 +15,18 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import sdk from '../../../index';
-import dis from '../../../dispatcher';
 import React from 'react';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import * as linkify from 'linkifyjs';
 import linkifyElement from 'linkifyjs/element';
 import linkifyMatrix from '../../../linkify-matrix';
 import { ContentRepo } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import MatrixClientPeg from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import classNames from 'classnames';
 
-function getDisplayAliasForRoom(room) {
+linkifyMatrix(linkify);
+
+export function getDisplayAliasForRoom(room) {
     return room.canonicalAlias || (room.aliases ? room.aliases[0] : "");
 }