diff --git a/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.spec.js b/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.spec.js
index 5a6ab3ad4fd..1222bd90fb5 100644
--- a/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.spec.js
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import { createLocalVue, shallowMount, mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import flushPromises from 'flush-promises' // TODO fix after migration to @vue/test-utils v2.0.0
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash'
+import VueRouter from 'vue-router'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
 
 import { showSuccess, showError } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
 
 import NcActionButton from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcActionButton.js'
+import NcListItem from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcListItem.js'
 
 import Conversation from './Conversation.vue'
 
+import router from '../../../__mocks__/router.js'
 import { CONVERSATION, PARTICIPANT, ATTENDEE } from '../../../constants.js'
 import storeConfig from '../../../store/storeConfig.js'
 
@@ -274,7 +277,36 @@ describe('Conversation.vue', () => {
 		})
 	})
 
-	describe('actions', () => {
+	describe('actions (real router)', () => {
+		beforeEach(() => {
+			localVue.use(VueRouter)
+		})
+
+		test('change route on click event', async () => {
+			const wrapper = mount(Conversation, {
+				localVue,
+				router,
+				store,
+				stubs: {
+					NcListItem,
+				},
+				propsData: {
+					isSearchResult: false,
+					item,
+				},
+			})
+
+			const el = wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'NcListItem' })
+			expect(el.exists()).toBe(true)
+
+			await el.find('a').trigger('click')
+
+			expect(wrapper.vm.$route.name).toBe('conversation')
+			expect(wrapper.vm.$route.params).toStrictEqual({ token: TOKEN })
+		})
+	})
+
+	describe('actions (mock router)', () => {
 		let $router
 
 		beforeEach(() => {
@@ -321,27 +353,6 @@ describe('Conversation.vue', () => {
 			return findNcActionButton(el, actionName)
 		}
 
-		test('forwards click event on list item', async () => {
-			const wrapper = mount(Conversation, {
-				localVue,
-				store,
-				stubs: {
-					RouterLink: RouterLinkStub,
-				},
-				propsData: {
-					isSearchResult: false,
-					item,
-				},
-			})
-
-			const el = wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'NcListItem' })
-			expect(el.exists()).toBe(true)
-
-			await el.find('a').trigger('click')
-
-			expect(wrapper.emitted().click).toBeTruthy()
-		})
-
 		describe('leaving conversation', () => {
 			test('leaves conversation', async () => {
 				const actionHandler = jest.fn()
diff --git a/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.vue b/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.vue
index 791d05eeafc..b4d72b99198 100644
--- a/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.vue
+++ b/src/components/LeftSidebar/ConversationsList/Conversation.vue
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 			</NcActionButton>
 		</template>
 		<template v-else-if="item.token" #actions>
-			<NcActionButton close-after-click @click="onClick">
+			<NcActionButton close-after-click @click="onActionClick">
 				<template #icon>
 					<ArrowRight :size="16" />
 				</template>
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ export default {
 		},
 	},
 
-	emits: ['click'],
-
 	computed: {
 		counterType() {
 			if (this.item.unreadMentionDirect || (this.item.unreadMessages !== 0 && (
@@ -430,9 +428,20 @@ export default {
 			})
 		},
 
-		// forward click event
-		onClick(event) {
-			this.$emit('click', event)
+		onClick() {
+			// add as temporary item that will refresh after the joining process is complete
+			if (this.isSearchResult) {
+				this.$store.dispatch('addConversation', this.item)
+			}
+		},
+
+		onActionClick() {
+			this.onClick()
+			// NcActionButton is not a RouterLink, so we should route user manually
+			this.$router.push({
+				name: 'conversation',
+				params: { token: this.item.token },
+			}).catch(err => console.debug(`Error while pushing the new conversation's route: ${err}`))
 		},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.spec.js b/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.spec.js
index 29e464852ef..bfdb0803b6d 100644
--- a/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.spec.js
@@ -663,6 +663,9 @@ describe('LeftSidebar.vue', () => {
 				expect(resultsListItems).toHaveLength(resultsList.length)
 
 				await resultsListItems.at(0).findAll('a').trigger('click')
+				// FIXME Real router and store should work at this place to execute following:
+				//  click => route-change => participantsStore.joinConversation() => joined-conversation
+				EventBus.$emit('joined-conversation', { token: 'new-conversation' })
 				await flushPromises()
 
 				expect(searchBoxEl.exists()).toBeTruthy()
diff --git a/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue b/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue
index faf2f132d92..09bdde08540 100644
--- a/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue
+++ b/src/components/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebar.vue
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 						:title="t('spreed', 'Conversations')" />
 					<Conversation v-for="item of conversationsList"
 						:key="item.id"
-						:item="item"
-						@click="handleClickSearchResult(item)" />
+						:item="item" />
 					<template v-if="!initialisedConversations">
 						<LoadingPlaceholder type="conversations" />
 					</template>
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@
 							<Conversation v-for="item of searchResultsListedConversations"
 								:key="item.id"
 								:item="item"
-								:is-search-result="true"
-								@click="joinListedConversation(item)" />
+								is-search-result />
 						</template>
 						<template v-if="searchResultsUsers.length !== 0">
 							<NcAppNavigationCaption :title="t('spreed', 'Users')" />
@@ -287,9 +285,7 @@ export default {
 		EventBus.$on('should-refresh-conversations', this.handleShouldRefreshConversations)
 		EventBus.$once('conversations-received', this.handleUnreadMention)
 		EventBus.$on('route-change', this.onRouteChange)
-		EventBus.$once('joined-conversation', ({ token }) => {
-			this.scrollToConversation(token)
-		})
+		EventBus.$on('joined-conversation', this.handleJoinedConversation)
 		this.mountArrowNavigation()
 	},
 
@@ -408,10 +404,6 @@ export default {
 			if (item.source === 'users') {
 				// Create one-to-one conversation directly
 				const conversation = await this.$store.dispatch('createOneToOneConversation', item.id)
-				this.abortSearch()
-				EventBus.$once('joined-conversation', ({ token }) => {
-					this.scrollToConversation(token)
-				})
 				this.$router.push({
 					name: 'conversation',
 					params: { token: conversation.token },
@@ -422,19 +414,6 @@ export default {
 			}
 		},
 
-		async joinListedConversation(conversation) {
-			this.abortSearch()
-			EventBus.$once('joined-conversation', ({ token }) => {
-				this.scrollToConversation(token)
-			})
-			// add as temporary item that will refresh after the joining process is complete
-			this.$store.dispatch('addConversation', conversation)
-			this.$router.push({
-				name: 'conversation',
-				params: { token: conversation.token },
-			}).catch(err => console.debug(`Error while pushing the new conversation's route: ${err}`))
-		},
-
 		hasOneToOneConversationWith(userId) {
 			return !!this.conversationsList.find(conversation => conversation.type === CONVERSATION.TYPE.ONE_TO_ONE && conversation.name === userId)
 		},
@@ -455,21 +434,6 @@ export default {
 			emit('show-settings')
 		},
 
-		handleClickSearchResult(conversation) {
-			if (this.searchText !== '') {
-				EventBus.$once('joined-conversation', ({ token }) => {
-					if (this.isMobile) {
-						emit('toggle-navigation', {
-							open: false,
-						})
-					}
-					this.scrollToConversation(token)
-				})
-			}
-			// End the search operation
-			this.abortSearch()
-		},
-
 		sortConversations(conversation1, conversation2) {
 			if (conversation1.isFavorite !== conversation2.isFavorite) {
 				return conversation1.isFavorite ? -1 : 1
@@ -616,6 +580,16 @@ export default {
 			}
 		},
 
+		handleJoinedConversation({ token }) {
+			this.abortSearch()
+			this.scrollToConversation(token)
+			if (this.isMobile) {
+				emit('toggle-navigation', {
+					open: false,
+				})
+			}
+		},
+
 		iconData(item) {
 			if (item.source === 'users') {
 				return {