diff --git a/plugins/chunter-resources/src/navigation.ts b/plugins/chunter-resources/src/navigation.ts
index c090a0bb85..1fcc8fcfe3 100644
--- a/plugins/chunter-resources/src/navigation.ts
+++ b/plugins/chunter-resources/src/navigation.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function decodeChannelURI (value: string): [Ref<Doc>, Ref<Class<Doc>>] {
 }
 
 function encodeChannelURI (_id: Ref<Doc>, _class: Ref<Class<Doc>>): string {
-  return encodeURIComponent([_id, _class].join('|'))
+  return [_id, _class].join('|')
 }
 
 export function openChannel (_id: Ref<Doc>, _class: Ref<Class<Doc>>): void {
diff --git a/plugins/notification/src/utils.ts b/plugins/notification/src/utils.ts
index e16e5d7a46..2ede33332c 100644
--- a/plugins/notification/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/notification/src/utils.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ export function decodeObjectURI (value: string): [Ref<Doc>, Ref<Class<Doc>>] {
 }
 
 export function encodeObjectURI (_id: Ref<Doc>, _class: Ref<Class<Doc>>): string {
-  return encodeURIComponent([_id, _class].join('|'))
+  return [_id, _class].join('|')
 }