diff --git a/modules/LocationUtils.js b/modules/LocationUtils.js
index 4dfcc390c..5f8bacafb 100644
--- a/modules/LocationUtils.js
+++ b/modules/LocationUtils.js
@@ -32,21 +32,6 @@ export function createLocation(path, state, key, currentLocation) {
       location.state = state;
   }
 
-  try {
-    location.pathname = decodeURI(location.pathname);
-  } catch (e) {
-    if (e instanceof URIError) {
-      throw new URIError(
-        'Pathname "' +
-          location.pathname +
-          '" could not be decoded. ' +
-          'This is likely caused by an invalid percent-encoding.'
-      );
-    } else {
-      throw e;
-    }
-  }
-
   if (key) location.key = key;
 
   if (currentLocation) {