diff --git a/packages/go_router/lib/src/builder.dart b/packages/go_router/lib/src/builder.dart
index 0cfdf5efa481..06bd0225885b 100644
--- a/packages/go_router/lib/src/builder.dart
+++ b/packages/go_router/lib/src/builder.dart
@@ -128,12 +128,22 @@ class RouteBuilder {
     // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/126365
     final _PagePopContext pagePopContext =
         _PagePopContext._(onPopPageWithRouteMatch);
+    List<Page<Object?>>? pages;
+    if (routerNeglect) {
+      Router.neglect(context, () {
+        pages = _buildPages(context, matchList, pagePopContext, routerNeglect,
+            navigatorKey, registry);
+      });
+    } else {
+      pages = _buildPages(context, matchList, pagePopContext, routerNeglect,
+          navigatorKey, registry);
+    }
+    assert(pages != null);
     return builderWithNav(
       context,
       _buildNavigator(
         pagePopContext.onPopPage,
-        _buildPages(context, matchList, pagePopContext, routerNeglect,
-            navigatorKey, registry),
+        pages!,
         navigatorKey,
         observers: observers,
         restorationScopeId: restorationScopeId,
diff --git a/packages/go_router/lib/src/parser.dart b/packages/go_router/lib/src/parser.dart
index df4d551a8bf5..cc5ca7039cb4 100644
--- a/packages/go_router/lib/src/parser.dart
+++ b/packages/go_router/lib/src/parser.dart
@@ -129,16 +129,21 @@ class GoRouteInformationParser extends RouteInformationParser<RouteMatchList> {
     if (configuration.isEmpty) {
       return null;
     }
+    final String location;
     if (GoRouter.optionURLReflectsImperativeAPIs &&
         configuration.matches.last is ImperativeRouteMatch) {
-      configuration =
-          (configuration.matches.last as ImperativeRouteMatch).matches;
+      location = (configuration.matches.last as ImperativeRouteMatch)
+          .matches
+          .uri
+          .toString();
+    } else {
+      location = configuration.uri.toString();
     }
     return RouteInformation(
       // TODO(chunhtai): remove this ignore and migrate the code
       // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/124045.
       // ignore: deprecated_member_use
-      location: configuration.uri.toString(),
+      location: location,
       state: _routeMatchListCodec.encode(configuration),
     );
   }