diff --git a/resources/lib/cache_images.py b/resources/lib/cache_images.py
index 13a5f93..0dc507e 100644
--- a/resources/lib/cache_images.py
+++ b/resources/lib/cache_images.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from .loghandler import LazyLogger
 from .jsonrpc import JsonRpc, get_value
 from .translation import string_load
 from .datamanager import DataManager
-from .utils import get_art, double_urlencode
+from .utils import get_art
 from .kodi_utils import HomeWindow
 
 downloadUtils = DownloadUtils()
@@ -326,8 +326,7 @@ class CacheArtwork(threading.Thread):
 
         count_done = 0
         for index, get_url in enumerate(missing_texture_urls, 1):
-            url = double_urlencode(get_url)
-            kodi_texture_url = ("/image/image://%s" % url)
+            kodi_texture_url = "/image/image://{0}".format(get_url)
             log.debug("kodi_texture_url: {0}".format(kodi_texture_url))
 
             percentage = int((float(index) / float(total)) * 100)
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index 4df8627..2ab6047 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -284,12 +284,6 @@ def id_generator(size=6, chars=string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits):
     return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(size))
 
 
-def double_urlencode(text):
-    text = single_urlencode(text)
-    text = single_urlencode(text)
-    return text
-
-
 def single_urlencode(text):
     # urlencode needs a utf- string
     text = urlencode({'blahblahblah': text.encode('utf-8')})