diff --git a/apps/files/src/components/FileLinkSidebar.vue b/apps/files/src/components/FileLinkSidebar.vue
index cba0cbc23a2..3d54d1efce0 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/components/FileLinkSidebar.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/components/FileLinkSidebar.vue
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
               <oc-icon
                 v-if="!linksCopied[$_privateLinkOfHighlightedFile]"
                 id="files-sidebar-private-link-label"
-                v-clipboard:copy="$_privateLinkOfHighlightedFile"
-                v-clipboard:success="$_clipboardSuccessHandler"
+                @click="$_copyPrivateLinkToClipboard()"
                 name="copy_to_clipboard"
                 size="small"
               />
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@
 import { mapGetters, mapActions, mapState } from 'vuex'
 import moment from 'moment'
 import mixins from '../mixins'
+import copyToClipboard from 'copy-to-clipboard'
 import { shareTypes } from '../helpers/shareTypes'
 import { getParentPaths } from '../helpers/path'
 import { dirname } from 'path'
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ export default {
       this.$_resetData()
       this.visiblePanel = PANEL_EDIT
     },
+    $_copyPrivateLinkToClipboard() {
+      copyToClipboard(this.$_privateLinkOfHighlightedFile)
+      this.$_clipboardSuccessHandler({ action: 'copy', text: this.$_privateLinkOfHighlightedFile })
+    },
     $_clipboardSuccessHandler(event) {
       this.$set(this.linksCopied, event.text, true)
       setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/apps/files/src/components/PublicLinksSidebar/PublicLinkListItem.vue b/apps/files/src/components/PublicLinksSidebar/PublicLinkListItem.vue
index e0cde663b8c..150d6f150d0 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/components/PublicLinksSidebar/PublicLinkListItem.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/components/PublicLinksSidebar/PublicLinkListItem.vue
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@
         >
           <oc-icon
             v-if="!linksCopied[link.url]"
-            v-clipboard:copy="link.url"
-            v-clipboard:success="$_clipboardSuccessHandler"
+            @click="$_copyPublicLinkToClipboard()"
             name="copy_to_clipboard"
             size="small"
           />
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@
 <script>
 import { basename, dirname } from 'path'
 import mixins from '../../mixins'
+import copyToClipboard from 'copy-to-clipboard'
 
 export default {
   name: 'PublicLinkListItem',
@@ -174,12 +174,13 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   methods: {
-    $_clipboardSuccessHandler(event) {
-      this.$emit('onCopy', event)
-    },
     $_removeLink() {
       this.removalInProgress = true
       this.$emit('onDelete', this.link)
+    },
+    $_copyPublicLinkToClipboard() {
+      copyToClipboard(this.link.url)
+      this.$emit('onCopy', { action: 'copy', text: this.link.url })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/3593 b/changelog/unreleased/3593
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08e3858c7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/3593
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Change: Removed vue-clipboard2 from the package.json file
+
+We've removed the vue-clipboard2 package as there is also the 
+copy-to-clipboard package which does work in vue templates as 
+well as in plain js files
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/phoenix/issues/3588
+https://github.com/owncloud/phoenix/pull/3593
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 891bc9e1f6d..53f8f02555a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@
     "tus-js-client": "^1.8.0",
     "url-search-params-polyfill": "^8.0.0",
     "vue": "^2.6.10",
-    "vue-clipboard2": "^0.3.1",
     "vue-drag-drop": "^1.1.4",
     "vue-events": "^3.1.0",
     "vue-gettext": "^2.1.5",
diff --git a/src/phoenix.js b/src/phoenix.js
index 85ecfd02deb..7ce85c9e446 100644
--- a/src/phoenix.js
+++ b/src/phoenix.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import router from './router'
 
 import VueEvents from 'vue-events'
 import VueRouter from 'vue-router'
-import VueClipboard from 'vue-clipboard2'
 import VueScrollTo from 'vue-scrollto'
 import VueMeta from 'vue-meta'
 import Vue2TouchEvents from 'vue2-touch-events'
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ Vue.prototype.$client = new OwnCloud()
 Vue.use(VueEvents)
 Vue.use(VueRouter)
 Vue.use(DesignSystem)
-Vue.use(VueClipboard)
 Vue.use(VueScrollTo)
 Vue.use(MediaSource)
 Vue.use(PhoenixPlugin)
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c8f41d0f216..afbe7049bae 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2354,15 +2354,6 @@ cli-width@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-width/-/cli-width-2.2.1.tgz#b0433d0b4e9c847ef18868a4ef16fd5fc8271c48"
   integrity sha512-GRMWDxpOB6Dgk2E5Uo+3eEBvtOOlimMmpbFiKuLFnQzYDavtLFY3K5ona41jgN/WdRZtG7utuVSVTL4HbZHGkw==
 
-clipboard@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clipboard/-/clipboard-2.0.6.tgz#52921296eec0fdf77ead1749421b21c968647376"
-  integrity sha512-g5zbiixBRk/wyKakSwCKd7vQXDjFnAMGHoEyBogG/bw9kTD9GvdAvaoRR1ALcEzt3pVKxZR0pViekPMIS0QyGg==
-  dependencies:
-    good-listener "^1.2.2"
-    select "^1.1.2"
-    tiny-emitter "^2.0.0"
-
 cliui@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cliui/-/cliui-2.1.0.tgz#4b475760ff80264c762c3a1719032e91c7fea0d1"
@@ -3090,11 +3081,6 @@ delayed-stream@~1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/delayed-stream/-/delayed-stream-1.0.0.tgz#df3ae199acadfb7d440aaae0b29e2272b24ec619"
   integrity sha1-3zrhmayt+31ECqrgsp4icrJOxhk=
 
-delegate@^3.1.2:
-  version "3.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/delegate/-/delegate-3.2.0.tgz#b66b71c3158522e8ab5744f720d8ca0c2af59166"
-  integrity sha512-IofjkYBZaZivn0V8nnsMJGBr4jVLxHDheKSW88PyxS5QC4Vo9ZbZVvhzlSxY87fVq3STR6r+4cGepyHkcWOQSw==
-
 depd@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/depd/-/depd-2.0.0.tgz#b696163cc757560d09cf22cc8fad1571b79e76df"
@@ -4586,13 +4572,6 @@ globby@^7.1.1:
     pify "^3.0.0"
     slash "^1.0.0"
 
-good-listener@^1.2.2:
-  version "1.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/good-listener/-/good-listener-1.2.2.tgz#d53b30cdf9313dffb7dc9a0d477096aa6d145c50"
-  integrity sha1-1TswzfkxPf+33JoNR3CWqm0UXFA=
-  dependencies:
-    delegate "^3.1.2"
-
 graceful-fs@^4.1.11, graceful-fs@^4.1.15, graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.6, graceful-fs@^4.1.9, graceful-fs@^4.2.0, graceful-fs@^4.2.2:
   version "4.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.4.tgz#2256bde14d3632958c465ebc96dc467ca07a29fb"
@@ -8314,11 +8293,6 @@ select-hose@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/select-hose/-/select-hose-2.0.0.tgz#625d8658f865af43ec962bfc376a37359a4994ca"
   integrity sha1-Yl2GWPhlr0Psliv8N2o3NZpJlMo=
 
-select@^1.1.2:
-  version "1.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/select/-/select-1.1.2.tgz#0e7350acdec80b1108528786ec1d4418d11b396d"
-  integrity sha1-DnNQrN7ICxEIUoeG7B1EGNEbOW0=
-
 selenium-webdriver@^3.6.0:
   version "3.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/selenium-webdriver/-/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0.tgz#2ba87a1662c020b8988c981ae62cb2a01298eafc"
@@ -9158,11 +9132,6 @@ timers-browserify@^2.0.4:
   dependencies:
     setimmediate "^1.0.4"
 
-tiny-emitter@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-emitter/-/tiny-emitter-2.1.0.tgz#1d1a56edfc51c43e863cbb5382a72330e3555423"
-  integrity sha512-NB6Dk1A9xgQPMoGqC5CVXn123gWyte215ONT5Pp5a0yt4nlEoO1ZWeCwpncaekPHXO60i47ihFnZPiRPjRMq4Q==
-
 tinycolor2@^1.4.1:
   version "1.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinycolor2/-/tinycolor2-1.4.1.tgz#f4fad333447bc0b07d4dc8e9209d8f39a8ac77e8"
@@ -9643,13 +9612,6 @@ vue-avatar@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-avatar/-/vue-avatar-2.3.0.tgz#6cd434575a803e5c4c52ef24b1382b14a24c6336"
   integrity sha512-/zeMhHV0OWp4ESvcX3OIVXUCT1IwCS/18StQh6Q2hqUJwhN3knWG8ktKzJt45rVp9whMXDGg8qDNZKzz3LfRmw==
 
-vue-clipboard2@^0.3.1:
-  version "0.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-clipboard2/-/vue-clipboard2-0.3.1.tgz#6e551fb7bd384889b28b0da3b12289ed6bca4894"
-  integrity sha512-H5S/agEDj0kXjUb5GP2c0hCzIXWRBygaWLN3NEFsaI9I3uWin778SFEMt8QRXiPG+7anyjqWiw2lqcxWUSfkYg==
-  dependencies:
-    clipboard "^2.0.0"
-
 vue-datetime@^1.0.0-beta.10:
   version "1.0.0-beta.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-datetime/-/vue-datetime-1.0.0-beta.13.tgz#ac874b7961a1ab00bddeaceb6d10ab01ce797e60"