diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index 6ea557119b..f4716ffb7d 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.getParameters = function(url) {
             var value = keyValue[1] || ''; //empty string if no value
 
             //decode individual values
-            value = decodeURIComponent(unescape(value)).split(",");
+            value = decodeURIComponent(value).split(",");
 
             //if there's only one value, do not return as array                    
             if (value.length == 1) {