diff --git a/.changeset/strong-geese-collect.md b/.changeset/strong-geese-collect.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0eac623c0b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strong-geese-collect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': minor
+---
+
+Not passing path params to the client, computing them on the client instead
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
index b622af0c4824..0cacc0cb95ce 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
@@ -1507,10 +1507,11 @@ export function create_client({ target, base, trailing_slash }) {
 			});
 		},
 
-		_hydrate: async ({ status, error, node_ids, params, route, data: server_data_nodes, form }) => {
+		_hydrate: async ({ status, error, node_ids, route, data: server_data_nodes, form }) => {
 			hydrated = true;
 
 			const url = new URL(location.href);
+			const params = get_navigation_intent(url, false)?.params || {};
 
 			/** @type {import('./types').NavigationFinished | undefined} */
 			let result;
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
index 48fde85e4531..235737417d9c 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ export async function render_response({
 					status: ${status},
 					error: ${devalue.uneval(error)},
 					node_ids: [${branch.map(({ node }) => node.index).join(', ')}],
-					params: ${devalue.uneval(event.params)},
 					route: ${s(event.route)},
 					data: ${serialized.data},
 					form: ${serialized.form}