diff --git a/ui/app/contexts/metametrics.js b/ui/app/contexts/metametrics.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e811585d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/contexts/metametrics.js
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import React, { Component, createContext, useEffect, useCallback, useState } from 'react'
+import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { captureException } from '@sentry/browser'
+
+import {
+  getCurrentNetworkId,
+  getSelectedAsset,
+  getAccountType,
+  getNumberOfAccounts,
+  getNumberOfTokens,
+} from '../selectors/selectors'
+import {
+  txDataSelector,
+} from '../selectors/confirm-transaction'
+import { getEnvironmentType } from '../../../app/scripts/lib/util'
+import {
+  sendMetaMetricsEvent,
+  sendCountIsTrackable,
+} from '../helpers/utils/metametrics.util'
+
+
+export const MetaMetricsContext = createContext(() => {
+  captureException(
+    Error(`MetaMetrics context function was called from a react node that is not a descendant of a MetaMetrics context provider`)
+  )
+})
+
+export function MetaMetricsProvider ({ children }) {
+  const txData = useSelector(txDataSelector) || {}
+  const network = useSelector(getCurrentNetworkId)
+  const environmentType = getEnvironmentType()
+  const activeCurrency = useSelector(getSelectedAsset)
+  const accountType = useSelector(getAccountType)
+  const confirmTransactionOrigin = txData.origin
+  const metaMetricsId = useSelector((state) => state.metamask.metaMetricsId)
+  const participateInMetaMetrics = useSelector((state) => state.metamask.participateInMetaMetrics)
+  const metaMetricsSendCount = useSelector((state) => state.metamask.metaMetricsSendCount)
+  const numberOfTokens = useSelector(getNumberOfTokens)
+  const numberOfAccounts = useSelector(getNumberOfAccounts)
+  const history = useHistory()
+  const [state, setState] = useState(() => ({
+    currentPath: window.location.href,
+    previousPath: '',
+  }))
+
+  const { previousPath, currentPath } = state
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const unlisten = history.listen(() => setState((prevState) => ({
+      currentPath: window.location.href,
+      previousPath: prevState.currentPath,
+    })))
+    // remove this listener if the component is no longer mounted
+    return unlisten
+  }, [history])
+
+  const metricsEvent = useCallback((config = {}, overrides = {}) => {
+    const { eventOpts = {} } = config
+    const { name = '' } = eventOpts
+    const { pathname: overRidePathName = '' } = overrides
+    const isSendFlow = Boolean(name.match(/^send|^confirm/) || overRidePathName.match(/send|confirm/))
+
+    if (participateInMetaMetrics || config.isOptIn) {
+      return sendMetaMetricsEvent({
+        network,
+        environmentType,
+        activeCurrency,
+        accountType,
+        confirmTransactionOrigin,
+        metaMetricsId,
+        numberOfTokens,
+        numberOfAccounts,
+        version: global.platform.getVersion(),
+        ...config,
+        previousPath,
+        currentPath,
+        excludeMetaMetricsId: isSendFlow && !sendCountIsTrackable(metaMetricsSendCount + 1),
+        ...overrides,
+      })
+    }
+  }, [
+    network,
+    environmentType,
+    activeCurrency,
+    accountType,
+    confirmTransactionOrigin,
+    participateInMetaMetrics,
+    previousPath,
+    metaMetricsId,
+    numberOfTokens,
+    numberOfAccounts,
+    currentPath,
+    metaMetricsSendCount,
+  ])
+
+  return (
+    <MetaMetricsContext.Provider value={metricsEvent}>
+      {children}
+    </MetaMetricsContext.Provider>
+  )
+}
+
+MetaMetricsProvider.propTypes = { children: PropTypes.node }
+
+export class LegacyMetaMetricsProvider extends Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    children: PropTypes.node,
+  }
+
+  static defaultProps = {
+    children: undefined,
+  }
+
+  static contextType = MetaMetricsContext
+
+  static childContextTypes = {
+    metricsEvent: PropTypes.func,
+  }
+
+  getChildContext () {
+    return {
+      metricsEvent: this.context,
+    }
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    return this.props.children
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/higher-order-components/metametrics/metametrics.provider.js b/ui/app/helpers/higher-order-components/metametrics/metametrics.provider.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e67ab9a21..000000000
--- a/ui/app/helpers/higher-order-components/metametrics/metametrics.provider.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from 'react'
-import { connect } from 'react-redux'
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
-import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom'
-import { compose } from 'redux'
-import {
-  getCurrentNetworkId,
-  getSelectedAsset,
-  getAccountType,
-  getNumberOfAccounts,
-  getNumberOfTokens,
-  txDataSelector,
-} from '../../../selectors'
-
-import { getEnvironmentType } from '../../../../../app/scripts/lib/util'
-import {
-  sendMetaMetricsEvent,
-  sendCountIsTrackable,
-} from '../../utils/metametrics.util'
-
-class MetaMetricsProvider extends Component {
-  static propTypes = {
-    accountType: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    activeCurrency: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    children: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-    confirmTransactionOrigin: PropTypes.string,
-    environmentType: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    history: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-    metaMetricsId: PropTypes.string,
-    metaMetricsSendCount: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
-    network: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    numberOfTokens: PropTypes.number,
-    numberOfAccounts: PropTypes.number,
-    participateInMetaMetrics: PropTypes.bool,
-    version: PropTypes.string,
-  }
-
-  static childContextTypes = {
-    metricsEvent: PropTypes.func,
-  }
-
-  constructor (props) {
-    super(props)
-
-    props.history.listen(() => {
-      this.setState((prevState) => ({
-        previousPath: prevState.currentPath,
-        currentPath: window.location.href,
-      }))
-    })
-  }
-
-  state = {
-    previousPath: '',
-    currentPath: window.location.href,
-  }
-
-  getChildContext () {
-    const {
-      network,
-      environmentType,
-      activeCurrency,
-      accountType,
-      confirmTransactionOrigin,
-      metaMetricsId,
-      participateInMetaMetrics,
-      metaMetricsSendCount,
-      numberOfTokens,
-      numberOfAccounts,
-      version,
-    } = this.props
-    const { previousPath, currentPath } = this.state
-
-    return {
-      metricsEvent: (config = {}, overrides = {}) => {
-        const { eventOpts = {} } = config
-        const { name = '' } = eventOpts
-        const { pathname: overRidePathName = '' } = overrides
-        const isSendFlow = Boolean(name.match(/^send|^confirm/) || overRidePathName.match(/send|confirm/))
-
-        if (participateInMetaMetrics || config.isOptIn) {
-          return sendMetaMetricsEvent({
-            network,
-            environmentType,
-            activeCurrency,
-            accountType,
-            confirmTransactionOrigin,
-            metaMetricsId,
-            numberOfTokens,
-            numberOfAccounts,
-            version,
-            ...config,
-            previousPath,
-            currentPath,
-            excludeMetaMetricsId: isSendFlow && !sendCountIsTrackable(metaMetricsSendCount + 1),
-            ...overrides,
-          })
-        }
-      },
-    }
-  }
-
-  render () {
-    return this.props.children
-  }
-}
-
-const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
-  const txData = txDataSelector(state) || {}
-
-  return {
-    network: getCurrentNetworkId(state),
-    environmentType: getEnvironmentType(),
-    activeCurrency: getSelectedAsset(state),
-    accountType: getAccountType(state),
-    confirmTransactionOrigin: txData.origin,
-    metaMetricsId: state.metamask.metaMetricsId,
-    participateInMetaMetrics: state.metamask.participateInMetaMetrics,
-    metaMetricsSendCount: state.metamask.metaMetricsSendCount,
-    numberOfTokens: getNumberOfTokens(state),
-    numberOfAccounts: getNumberOfAccounts(state),
-    version: global.platform.getVersion(),
-  }
-}
-
-export default compose(
-  withRouter,
-  connect(mapStateToProps)
-)(MetaMetricsProvider)
-
diff --git a/ui/app/hooks/useMetricEvent.js b/ui/app/hooks/useMetricEvent.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33ca751ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/hooks/useMetricEvent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { useContext, useCallback } from 'react'
+import { MetaMetricsContext } from '../contexts/metametrics'
+
+
+export function useMetricEvent (config = {}, overrides = {}) {
+  const metricsEvent = useContext(MetaMetricsContext)
+  const trackEvent = useCallback(() => metricsEvent(config, overrides), [config, overrides])
+  return trackEvent
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/pages/index.js b/ui/app/pages/index.js
index 3d8ccf165..5ec61b4d2 100644
--- a/ui/app/pages/index.js
+++ b/ui/app/pages/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/browser'
 import ErrorPage from './error'
 import Routes from './routes'
 import { I18nProvider, LegacyI18nProvider } from '../contexts/i18n'
-import MetaMetricsProvider from '../helpers/higher-order-components/metametrics/metametrics.provider'
+import { MetaMetricsProvider, LegacyMetaMetricsProvider } from '../contexts/metametrics'
 
 class Index extends PureComponent {
   state = {}
@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ class Index extends PureComponent {
       <Provider store={store}>
         <HashRouter hashType="noslash">
           <MetaMetricsProvider>
-            <I18nProvider>
-              <LegacyI18nProvider>
-                <Routes />
-              </LegacyI18nProvider>
-            </I18nProvider>
+            <LegacyMetaMetricsProvider>
+              <I18nProvider>
+                <LegacyI18nProvider>
+                  <Routes />
+                </LegacyI18nProvider>
+              </I18nProvider>
+            </LegacyMetaMetricsProvider>
           </MetaMetricsProvider>
         </HashRouter>
       </Provider>