diff --git a/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx b/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx
index c8ac73999e2..460597eaf2a 100644
--- a/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-console/src/components/VncConsole/VncConsole.tsx
@@ -97,23 +97,43 @@ export const VncConsole: React.FunctionComponent<VncConsoleProps> = ({
 
   const [status, setStatus] = React.useState(CONNECTING);
 
-  const addEventListeners = () => {
+  const onConnected = () => {
+    setStatus(CONNECTED);
+  };
+
+  const _onDisconnected = React.useCallback((e: any) => {
+    setStatus(DISCONNECTED);
+    onDisconnected(e);
+  }, []);
+
+  const _onSecurityFailure = React.useCallback((e: any) => {
+    setStatus(DISCONNECTED);
+    onSecurityFailure(e);
+  }, []);
+
+  const onCtrlAltDel = () => {
+    if (rfb.current) {
+      rfb?.current?.sendCtrlAltDel();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const addEventListeners = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (rfb.current) {
       rfb.current?.addEventListener('connect', onConnected);
       rfb.current?.addEventListener('disconnect', _onDisconnected);
       rfb.current?.addEventListener('securityfailure', _onSecurityFailure);
     }
-  };
+  }, [rfb, _onDisconnected, _onSecurityFailure]);
 
-  const removeEventListeners = () => {
+  const removeEventListeners = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (rfb.current) {
       rfb.current.removeEventListener('connect', onConnected);
       rfb.current.removeEventListener('disconnect', _onDisconnected);
       rfb.current.removeEventListener('securityfailure', _onSecurityFailure);
     }
-  };
+  }, [rfb, _onDisconnected, _onSecurityFailure]);
 
-  const connect = () => {
+  const connect = React.useCallback(() => {
     const protocol = encrypt ? 'wss' : 'ws';
     const url = `${protocol}://${host}:${port}/${path}`;
 
@@ -127,7 +147,21 @@ export const VncConsole: React.FunctionComponent<VncConsoleProps> = ({
     rfb.current.viewOnly = viewOnly;
     rfb.current.scaleViewport = scaleViewport;
     rfb.current.resizeSession = resizeSession;
-  };
+  }, [
+    addEventListeners,
+    host,
+    path,
+    port,
+    resizeSession,
+    scaleViewport,
+    viewOnly,
+    encrypt,
+    rfb,
+    repeaterID,
+    shared,
+    credentials,
+    novncElem
+  ]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     initLogging(vncLogging);
@@ -152,26 +186,6 @@ export const VncConsole: React.FunctionComponent<VncConsoleProps> = ({
     rfb.current.disconnect();
   };
 
-  const onConnected = () => {
-    setStatus(CONNECTED);
-  };
-
-  const _onDisconnected = (e: any) => {
-    setStatus(DISCONNECTED);
-    onDisconnected(e);
-  };
-
-  const _onSecurityFailure = (e: any) => {
-    setStatus(DISCONNECTED);
-    onSecurityFailure(e);
-  };
-
-  const onCtrlAltDel = () => {
-    if (rfb.current) {
-      rfb?.current?.sendCtrlAltDel();
-    }
-  };
-
   let rightContent;
   let emptyState;
   switch (status) {