diff --git a/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go b/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
index a1c8e1ded..a9475b58c 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ func (g *GiteaASTTransformer) Transform(node *ast.Document, reader text.Reader,
 
 				lnk := string(link)
 				lnk = giteautil.URLJoin(prefix, lnk)
-				lnk = strings.Replace(lnk, " ", "+", -1)
 				link = []byte(lnk)
 			}
 			v.Destination = link
diff --git a/modules/markup/markup.go b/modules/markup/markup.go
index 008b21ab9..f8deb2b29 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markup.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markup.go
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ func RenderWiki(filename string, rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string, metas map[st
 }
 
 func render(parser Parser, rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string, metas map[string]string, isWiki bool) []byte {
-	urlPrefix = strings.Replace(urlPrefix, " ", "+", -1)
 	result := parser.Render(rawBytes, urlPrefix, metas, isWiki)
 	// TODO: one day the error should be returned.
 	result, err := PostProcess(result, urlPrefix, metas, isWiki)