diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 7fc6d4d3..a022bf20 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body, $no_tags = false)
 			if ($mtch[1] == "#") {
 				// Replacing the hash tags that are directed to the GNU Social server with internal links
 				$snhash = "#[url=" . $mtch[2] . "]" . $mtch[3] . "[/url]";
-				$frdchash = '#[url=' . $a->getBaseURL() . '/search?tag=' . rawurlencode($mtch[3]) . ']' . $mtch[3] . '[/url]';
+				$frdchash = '#[url=' . $a->getBaseURL() . '/search?tag=' . $mtch[3] . ']' . $mtch[3] . '[/url]';
 				$body = str_replace($snhash, $frdchash, $body);
 
 				$str_tags .= $frdchash;
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 73114a0c..f680ded4 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ function twitter_expand_entities(App $a, $body, $item, $picture)
 	$tags_arr = [];
 
 	foreach ($item->entities->hashtags AS $hashtag) {
-		$url = '#[url=' . $a->getBaseURL() . '/search?tag=' . rawurlencode($hashtag->text) . ']' . $hashtag->text . '[/url]';
+		$url = '#[url=' . $a->getBaseURL() . '/search?tag=' . $hashtag->text . ']' . $hashtag->text . '[/url]';
 		$tags_arr['#' . $hashtag->text] = $url;
 		$body = str_replace('#' . $hashtag->text, $url, $body);
 	}
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ function twitter_expand_entities(App $a, $body, $item, $picture)
 				}
 
 				$basetag = str_replace('_', ' ', substr($tag, 1));
-				$url = '#[url=' . $a->getBaseURL() . '/search?tag=' . rawurlencode($basetag) . ']' . $basetag . '[/url]';
+				$url = '#[url=' . $a->getBaseURL() . '/search?tag=' . $basetag . ']' . $basetag . '[/url]';
 				$body = str_replace($tag, $url, $body);
 				$tags_arr['#' . $basetag] = $url;
 			} elseif (strpos($tag, '@') === 0) {