diff --git a/engine/dirhandler.go b/engine/dirhandler.go
index 82e36c9e2..dca0936ad 100644
--- a/engine/dirhandler.go
+++ b/engine/dirhandler.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func (ac *Config) DirectoryListing(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, roo
 		fullFilename += filename
 
 		// Remove the root directory from the link path
-		URLpath = url.QueryEscape(fullFilename[len(rootdir)+1:])
+		URLpath = fullFilename[len(rootdir)+1:]
 
 		// Output different entries for files and directories
 		buf.WriteString(themes.HTMLLink(filename, URLpath, ac.fs.IsDir(fullFilename)))