diff --git a/qt/aqt/editor.py b/qt/aqt/editor.py
index 37fcd67bb..f27fed0d5 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/editor.py
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ class Editor:
             if nid != self.note.id:
                 print("ignored late blur")
                 return
-            txt = urllib.parse.unquote(txt)
             txt = unicodedata.normalize("NFC", txt)
             txt = self.mungeHTML(txt)
             # misbehaving apps may include a null byte in the text