diff --git a/src/lxml/html/clean.py b/src/lxml/html/clean.py
index adc3f450e..11da2958e 100644
--- a/src/lxml/html/clean.py
+++ b/src/lxml/html/clean.py
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
import copy
try:
from urlparse import urlsplit
+ from urllib import unquote_plus
except ImportError:
# Python 3
- from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+ from urllib.parse import urlsplit, unquote_plus
from lxml import etree
from lxml.html import defs
from lxml.html import fromstring, XHTML_NAMESPACE
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ def _kill_elements(self, doc, condition, iterate=None):
def _remove_javascript_link(self, link):
# links like "j a v a s c r i p t:" might be interpreted in IE
- new = _substitute_whitespace('', link)
+ new = _substitute_whitespace('', unquote_plus(link))
if _is_javascript_scheme(new):
# FIXME: should this be None to delete?
return ''
diff --git a/src/lxml/html/tests/test_clean.txt b/src/lxml/html/tests/test_clean.txt
index c78ab4f13..2824f64ce 100644
--- a/src/lxml/html/tests/test_clean.txt
+++ b/src/lxml/html/tests/test_clean.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
...
...
... a link
-... a control char link
+... a control char link
... data
... another link
... a paragraph
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
a link
- a control char link
+ a control char link
data
another link
a paragraph
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
a link
- a control char link
+ a control char link
data
another link
a paragraph