diff --git a/lib/copyscape/request_base.rb b/lib/copyscape/request_base.rb
index bc462ff..d7b2c5a 100644
--- a/lib/copyscape/request_base.rb
+++ b/lib/copyscape/request_base.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'forwardable'
-require 'cgi'
 require 'httparty'
 
 module Copyscape
diff --git a/test/text_search_test.rb b/test/text_search_test.rb
index b620f44..e4be8f4 100644
--- a/test/text_search_test.rb
+++ b/test/text_search_test.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class TextSearchTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert_equal '/', path
         assert_equal 'joe', params[:u]
         assert_equal '123abc', params[:k]
-        assert_equal 'this is some text', CGI.unescape(params[:t])
+        assert_equal 'this is some text', params[:t]
         assert_equal 'csearch', params[:o]
         assert_equal 'UTF-8', params[:e]
       end
diff --git a/test/url_search_test.rb b/test/url_search_test.rb
index 606eb4b..732bbaf 100644
--- a/test/url_search_test.rb
+++ b/test/url_search_test.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class UrlSearchTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert_equal '/', path
         assert_equal 'joe', params[:u]
         assert_equal '123abc', params[:k]
-        assert_equal 'http://www.someurl.com/blah.html', CGI.unescape(params[:q])
+        assert_equal 'http://www.someurl.com/blah.html', params[:q]
         assert_equal 'csearch', params[:o]
       end
       @search = Copyscape::UrlSearch.new('http://www.someurl.com/blah.html')