diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/ProtocolTextDocument.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/ProtocolTextDocument.kt
index dfa924d976..249b9f9a8e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/ProtocolTextDocument.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/ProtocolTextDocument.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.sourcegraph.cody.agent.protocol
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileDocumentManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
-import com.sourcegraph.cody.agent.protocol.util.Rfc3986UriEncoder
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems
 
 class ProtocolTextDocument
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ private constructor(
     }
 
     private fun uriFor(file: VirtualFile): String {
-      val uriString = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(file.path).toUri().toString()
-      return Rfc3986UriEncoder.encode(uriString)
+      return FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(file.path).toUri().toString()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/util/Rfc3986UriEncoder.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/util/Rfc3986UriEncoder.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fe7f0627d..0000000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/util/Rfc3986UriEncoder.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.sourcegraph.cody.agent.protocol.util
-
-object Rfc3986UriEncoder {
-
-  // todo solve this with library
-  fun encode(uri: String): String {
-    val found = "(\\w+:///?)([A-Za-z])(:.+)".toRegex().find(uri)
-    if (found != null && found.groups.size == 4) {
-      val (protocol, partition, rest) = found.destructured
-      return "$protocol${partition.lowercase()}$rest"
-    } else {
-      return uri
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/util/Rfc3986UriEncoderTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/util/Rfc3986UriEncoderTest.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b57ebf21a..0000000000
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/sourcegraph/cody/agent/protocol/util/Rfc3986UriEncoderTest.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package com.sourcegraph.cody.agent.protocol.util
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase
-
-class Rfc3986UriEncoderTest : TestCase() {
-
-  fun `test encode Windows path`() {
-    val fixedUri = Rfc3986UriEncoder.encode("file:///C:/Users/user/Test.java")
-    assertEquals("file:///c:/Users/user/Test.java", fixedUri)
-  }
-
-  fun `test encode Windows jar path`() {
-    val uri = Rfc3986UriEncoder.encode("jar://C:/home/user/x.jar")
-    assertEquals("jar://c:/home/user/x.jar", uri)
-  }
-
-  fun `test encode Windows path with lowercase partition`() {
-    val fixedUri = Rfc3986UriEncoder.encode("file:///c:/Users/user/Test.java")
-    assertEquals("file:///c:/Users/user/Test.java", fixedUri)
-  }
-
-  fun `test encode Linux path`() {
-    val uri = Rfc3986UriEncoder.encode("file://home/user/Test.java")
-    assertEquals("file://home/user/Test.java", uri)
-  }
-}