diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewManager.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewManager.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 4246c93d9f..0000000000
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewManager.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import * as React from 'react';
-
-import { deprecationWarning } from '../utils';
-
-export class ViewManager extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    deprecationWarning('As of @ionic/react RC2, ViewManager is no longer needed and can be removed. This component is now deprecated will be removed from @ionic/react final.');
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return this.props.children;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/index.ts b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/index.ts
index 60af4df041..f36dd64359 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 
 export { IonReactRouter } from './Router';
-export { ViewManager } from './ViewManager';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/__tests__/utils.spec.ts b/packages/react/src/components/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
index 7fd1324922..9cdbaef88e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ describe('syncEvent', () => {
   })
 });
 
-describe('attachEventProps', () => {
+describe('attachProps', () => {
   it('should pass props to a dom node', () => {
     const onIonClickCallback = () => {};
 
     var div = document.createElement("div");
-    utils.attachEventProps(div, {
+    utils.attachProps(div, {
       'children': [],
       'style': 'color: red',
       'ref': () => {},
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/createComponent.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/createComponent.tsx
index efc9d20584..711da28808 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/createComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/createComponent.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import ReactDom from 'react-dom';
 import { NavContext } from '../contexts/NavContext';
 
 import { RouterDirection } from './hrefprops';
-import { attachEventProps, createForwardRef, dashToPascalCase, isCoveredByReact } from './utils';
-import { deprecationWarning } from './utils/dev';
+import { attachProps, createForwardRef, dashToPascalCase, isCoveredByReact } from './utils';
 
 interface IonicReactInternalProps<ElementType> extends React.HTMLAttributes<ElementType> {
   forwardedRef?: React.Ref<ElementType>;
@@ -29,16 +28,11 @@ export const createReactComponent = <PropType, ElementType>(
 
     componentDidMount() {
       this.componentDidUpdate(this.props);
-      if (this.props.href) {
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          deprecationWarning('hrefchange', 'As of RC3, href links no longer go through the router, so transitions will not be applied to these links. To maintain transitions, use the new routerLink prop.');
-        }, 2000);
-      }
     }
 
     componentDidUpdate(prevProps: IonicReactInternalProps<PropType>) {
       const node = ReactDom.findDOMNode(this) as HTMLElement;
-      attachEventProps(node, this.props, prevProps);
+      attachProps(node, this.props, prevProps);
     }
 
     private handleClick = (e: React.MouseEvent<PropType>) => {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/createControllerComponent.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/createControllerComponent.tsx
index bdc9e1c2cb..ae6d1518e7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/createControllerComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/createControllerComponent.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { OverlayEventDetail } from '@ionic/core';
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { attachEventProps } from './utils';
+import { attachProps } from './utils';
 
 interface OverlayBase extends HTMLElement {
   present: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const createControllerComponent = <OptionsType extends object, OverlayTyp
       const overlay = this.overlay = await controller.create({
         ...cProps as any
       });
-      attachEventProps(overlay, {
+      attachProps(overlay, {
         [dismissEventName]: onDidDismiss
       }, prevProps);
       await overlay.present();
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/createOverlayComponent.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/createOverlayComponent.tsx
index fe882fca57..113736e2cf 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/createOverlayComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/createOverlayComponent.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { OverlayEventDetail } from '@ionic/core';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
-import { attachEventProps } from './utils';
+import { attachProps } from './utils';
 
 interface OverlayElement extends HTMLElement {
   present: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const createOverlayComponent = <T extends object, OverlayType extends Ove
         componentProps: {}
       });
 
-      attachEventProps(overlay, elementProps, prevProps);
+      attachProps(overlay, elementProps, prevProps);
 
       await overlay.present();
     }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/inner-proxies.ts b/packages/react/src/components/inner-proxies.ts
index af84e61d3c..375a709cc1 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/inner-proxies.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/inner-proxies.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import { JSX } from '@ionic/core';
 import { /*@__PURE__*/ createReactComponent } from './createComponent';
 
 export const IonTabBarInner = /*@__PURE__*/createReactComponent<JSX.IonTabBar, HTMLIonTabBarElement>('ion-tab-bar');
-export const IonBackButtonInner = /*@__PURE__*/createReactComponent<JSX.IonBackButton, HTMLIonBackButtonElement>('ion-back-button');
+export const IonBackButtonInner = /*@__PURE__*/createReactComponent<Omit<JSX.IonBackButton, 'icon'>, HTMLIonBackButtonElement>('ion-back-button');
 export const IonRouterOutletInner = /*@__PURE__*/createReactComponent<JSX.IonRouterOutlet, HTMLIonRouterOutletElement>('ion-router-outlet');
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonBackButton.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonBackButton.tsx
index ea6d1dd08a..36ff59d992 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonBackButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonBackButton.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import { NavContext } from '../../contexts/NavContext';
 import { IonicReactProps } from '../IonicReactProps';
 import { IonBackButtonInner } from '../inner-proxies';
 
-type Props = LocalJSX.IonBackButton & IonicReactProps & {
+type Props = Omit<LocalJSX.IonBackButton, 'icon'> & IonicReactProps & {
+  icon?: {
+    ios: string;
+    md: string;
+  };
   ref?: React.RefObject<HTMLIonBackButtonElement>;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/utils/attachEventProps.ts b/packages/react/src/components/utils/attachProps.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/react/src/components/utils/attachEventProps.ts
rename to packages/react/src/components/utils/attachProps.ts
index a6fa75b50d..4020413a9b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/utils/attachEventProps.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/utils/attachProps.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { camelToDashCase } from './case';
 
-export const attachEventProps = (node: HTMLElement, newProps: any, oldProps: any = {}) => {
+export const attachProps = (node: HTMLElement, newProps: any, oldProps: any = {}) => {
   // add any classes in className to the class list
   const className = getClassName(node.classList, newProps, oldProps);
   if (className !== '') {
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ export const attachEventProps = (node: HTMLElement, newProps: any, oldProps: any
         syncEvent(node, eventNameLc, newProps[name]);
       }
     } else {
-      if (typeof newProps[name] === 'object') {
-        (node as any)[name] = newProps[name];
-      } else {
+      (node as any)[name] = newProps[name];
+      const propType = typeof newProps[name];
+      if (propType === 'string') {
         node.setAttribute(camelToDashCase(name), newProps[name]);
+      } else {
+        (node as any)[name] = newProps[name];
       }
     }
   });
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ export const isCoveredByReact = (eventNameSuffix: string, doc: Document = docume
   return isSupported;
 };
 
-export const syncEvent = (node: Element & {__events?: {[key: string]: ((e: Event) => any) | undefined}}, eventName: string, newEventHandler?: (e: Event) => any) => {
+export const syncEvent = (node: Element & { __events?: { [key: string]: ((e: Event) => any) | undefined } }, eventName: string, newEventHandler?: (e: Event) => any) => {
   const eventStore = node.__events || (node.__events = {});
   const oldEventHandler = eventStore[eventName];
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/utils/index.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/utils/index.tsx
index 33c03de8e4..ae87b14ae6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/utils/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/utils/index.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const createForwardRef = <PropType, ElementType>(ReactComponent: any, dis
   return React.forwardRef(forwardRef);
 };
 
-export * from './attachEventProps';
+export * from './attachProps';
 export * from './case';
 
 export const isPlatform = (platform: Platforms) => {