diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index bc7a505..ee1b41c 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "forxer/gravatar",
-            "version": "1.3.0",
+            "version": "1.3.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/forxer/gravatar.git",
-                "reference": "5cfccda24b47950945859f11be5cd874e628cef4"
+                "reference": "98a17ed7880b986d03356baa7bc01b0162761c05"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/forxer/gravatar/zipball/5cfccda24b47950945859f11be5cd874e628cef4",
-                "reference": "5cfccda24b47950945859f11be5cd874e628cef4",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/forxer/gravatar/zipball/98a17ed7880b986d03356baa7bc01b0162761c05",
+                "reference": "98a17ed7880b986d03356baa7bc01b0162761c05",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             "keywords": [
                 "gravatar"
             ],
-            "time": "2015-06-30 11:28:02"
+            "time": "2016-02-26 21:12:47"
         }
     ],
     "packages-dev": [
diff --git a/gravatar/README.md b/gravatar/README.md
index 9669690..1401d1b 100644
--- a/gravatar/README.md
+++ b/gravatar/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ Example: all monsters, all the time:
 
 ## Change Log
 
+### 1.0.2
+
+- Updated [forxer/Gravatar lib](https://github.com/forxer/gravatar) to v1.3.1, allowing removal of a workaround for a bug in said library.
+
 ### 1.0.1
 
 - adjusting build dependencies, no functional changes
diff --git a/gravatar/addon.setup.php b/gravatar/addon.setup.php
index fccfbcf..6f1283c 100644
--- a/gravatar/addon.setup.php
+++ b/gravatar/addon.setup.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	'author_url'     => 'https://ellislab.com/',
 	'name'           => 'Gravatar',
 	'description'    => 'Outputs Globally Recognized Avatars (Gravatars) for a given email address',
-	'version'        => '1.0.1',
+	'version'        => '1.0.2',
 	'namespace'      => 'User\Addons\Gravatar',
 	'settings_exist' => FALSE
 );
diff --git a/gravatar/pi.gravatar.php b/gravatar/pi.gravatar.php
index 4876607..f1e0606 100644
--- a/gravatar/pi.gravatar.php
+++ b/gravatar/pi.gravatar.php
@@ -109,16 +109,6 @@ public function __construct($str = '')
 			$this->force_default
 		);
 
-		// bug in current forxer\Gravatar
-		// Full URLs given as the default image are double encoded
-		if (strncasecmp($this->default, 'http', 4) === 0)
-		{
-			$url = parse_url($gravatar);
-			parse_str(html_entity_decode($url['query']), $default_url);
-			$default_url['d'] = rawurldecode($default_url['d']);
-			$gravatar = $url['scheme'].'://'.$url['host'].$url['path'].'?'.http_build_query($default_url);
-		}
-
 		$this->return_data = $gravatar;
 	}