diff --git a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
index 517f5e3dd33409..9bf6b3b4de816f 100644
--- a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 -   `MenuItem`: Refactor away from `_.isString()` ([#42268](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/42268/)).
 -   `Shortcut`: Refactor away from `_.isString()` ([#42268](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/42268/)).
 -   `RangeControl`: Convert to TypeScript ([#40535](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/40535)).
+-   `ExternalLink`: Refactor away from Lodash ([#42341](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/42341/)).
 
 ## 19.14.0 (2022-06-29)
 
diff --git a/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx
index 44d006a676e267..56e9a8494a184c 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * External dependencies
  */
 import classnames from 'classnames';
-import { compact, uniq } from 'lodash';
 import type { ForwardedRef } from 'react';
 
 /**
@@ -28,9 +27,16 @@ function UnforwardedExternalLink(
 	ref: ForwardedRef< HTMLAnchorElement >
 ) {
 	const { href, children, className, rel = '', ...additionalProps } = props;
-	const optimizedRel = uniq(
-		compact( [ ...rel.split( ' ' ), 'external', 'noreferrer', 'noopener' ] )
-	).join( ' ' );
+	const optimizedRel = [
+		...new Set(
+			[
+				...rel.split( ' ' ),
+				'external',
+				'noreferrer',
+				'noopener',
+			].filter( Boolean )
+		),
+	].join( ' ' );
 	const classes = classnames( 'components-external-link', className );
 	return (
 		/* eslint-disable react/jsx-no-target-blank */