diff --git a/src/icp_v2.cc b/src/icp_v2.cc
index 2a4ced3bfab..25f7b71d25e 100644
--- a/src/icp_v2.cc
+++ b/src/icp_v2.cc
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@ HttpRequest *
 icpGetRequest(char *url, int reqnum, int fd, Ip::Address &from)
 {
     if (strpbrk(url, w_space)) {
-        url = rfc1738_escape(url);
         icpCreateAndSend(ICP_ERR, 0, rfc1738_escape(url), reqnum, 0, fd, from, nullptr);
         return nullptr;
     }