diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index c79f254..e7ee5f4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ Changelog
 - Move tests from PloneTestCase to plone.app.testing.
   [timo]
 
-- Make the redirector return false and catch a UnicodeDecode error if a URL
-  contains illegal characters.
-  [timo]
-
 
 1.1.3 (2012-05-07)
 ------------------
diff --git a/plone/app/redirector/storage.py b/plone/app/redirector/storage.py
index 76b9c99..b0ba3d4 100644
--- a/plone/app/redirector/storage.py
+++ b/plone/app/redirector/storage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from zope.interface import implements
 
 from persistent import Persistent
@@ -270,12 +269,7 @@ def has_path(self, old_path):
 
     def get(self, old_path, default=None):
         old_path = self._canonical(old_path)
-        try:
-            return self._paths.get(old_path, default)
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            # Always return False if the URL contains illegal characters and
-            # can not be decoded.
-            return False
+        return self._paths.get(old_path, default)
 
     def redirects(self, new_path):
         new_path = self._canonical(new_path)