diff --git a/components/button/index.js b/components/button/index.js
index 9600b55aba423a..7edbd0befa6060 100644
--- a/components/button/index.js
+++ b/components/button/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function Button( { href, isPrimary, isLarge, isToggled, className, buttonRef, ..
 		...tagProps,
 		...additionalProps,
 		className: classes,
-		ref: buttonRef
+		ref: buttonRef,
 	} );
 }
 
diff --git a/editor/selectors.js b/editor/selectors.js
index 2ae19ccd03f4f2..ddacc7b1851247 100644
--- a/editor/selectors.js
+++ b/editor/selectors.js
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
  * External dependencies
  */
 import { first, last } from 'lodash';
-import qs from 'qs';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { addQueryArgs } from './utils/url';
 
 export function getEditorMode( state ) {
 	return state.mode;
@@ -44,12 +48,7 @@ export function getEditedPostPreviewLink( state ) {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	const queryStringPosition = link.indexOf( '?' );
-	const baseUrl = queryStringPosition !== -1 ? link.substring( 0, queryStringPosition ) : link;
-	const args = queryStringPosition !== -1 ? qs.parse( link.substring( queryStringPosition + 1 ) ) : {};
-	args.preview = 'true';
-
-	return `${ baseUrl }?${ qs.stringify( args ) }`;
+	return addQueryArgs( link, { preview: 'true' } );
 }
 
 export function getBlock( state, uid ) {
diff --git a/editor/test/selectors.js b/editor/test/selectors.js
index 40606b048c6133..d1d7c3d7ab3230 100644
--- a/editor/test/selectors.js
+++ b/editor/test/selectors.js
@@ -199,25 +199,15 @@ describe( 'selectors', () => {
 			expect( getEditedPostPreviewLink( state ) ).to.be.null();
 		} );
 
-		it( 'should return the correct url adding a query string', () => {
+		it( 'should return the correct url adding a preview parameter to the query string', () => {
 			const state = {
 				currentPost: {
-					link: 'https://andalouses.com/beach'
-				}
+					link: 'https://andalouses.com/beach',
+				},
 			};
 
 			expect( getEditedPostPreviewLink( state ) ).to.equal( 'https://andalouses.com/beach?preview=true' );
 		} );
-
-		it( 'should return the correct url concatening the query string', () => {
-			const state = {
-				currentPost: {
-					link: 'https://andalouses.com/?p=1'
-				}
-			};
-
-			expect( getEditedPostPreviewLink( state ) ).to.equal( 'https://andalouses.com/?p=1&preview=true' );
-		} );
 	} );
 
 	describe( 'getBlock', () => {
diff --git a/editor/utils/test/url.js b/editor/utils/test/url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2688667e361dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/utils/test/url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { addQueryArgs } from '../url';
+
+describe( 'addQueryArgs', () => {
+	it( 'should append args to an URL without query string', () => {
+		const url = 'https://andalouses.com/beach';
+		const args = { sun: 'true', sand: 'false' };
+
+		expect( addQueryArgs( url, args ) ).to.eql( 'https://andalouses.com/beach?sun=true&sand=false' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should append args to an URL with query string', () => {
+		const url = 'https://andalouses.com/beach?night=false';
+		const args = { sun: 'true', sand: 'false' };
+
+		expect( addQueryArgs( url, args ) ).to.eql( 'https://andalouses.com/beach?night=false&sun=true&sand=false' );
+	} );
+} );
diff --git a/editor/utils/url.js b/editor/utils/url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d806ea2c552de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/utils/url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import { parse, format } from 'url';
+
+/**
+ * Appends arguments to the query string of the url
+ *
+ * @param  {String} url   URL
+ * @param  {Object} args  Query Args
+ *
+ * @return {String}       Updated URL
+ */
+export function addQueryArgs( url, args ) {
+	const parsedUrl = parse( url, true );
+	const query = { ...parsedUrl.query, ...args };
+	delete parsedUrl.search;
+
+	return format( { ...parsedUrl, query } );
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23b66c26eb62f5..f9d5cf293845d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     "jed": "^1.1.1",
     "js-beautify": "^1.6.12",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
-    "qs": "^6.4.0",
     "react": "^15.5.4",
     "react-autosize-textarea": "^0.4.2",
     "react-click-outside": "^2.3.0",