diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5dec347ce..794efe3b8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - JWT token timeout is now handled properly ([#1297](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1297))
 - Fix text-overflow in danger zone ([#1298](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1298))
 - Fix plugin installation error if previously a plugin was installed with the same dependency which is still pending. ([#1300](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1300))
+- Remove obsolete revision encoding on sources ([#1315](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1315))
 
 ## [2.4.0] - 2020-08-14
 ### Added
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/SourceRootResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/SourceRootResource.java
index ddb88527a1..1256742804 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/SourceRootResource.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/SourceRootResource.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-    
+
 package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
 
 import static sonia.scm.ContextEntry.ContextBuilder.entity;
 import static sonia.scm.NotFoundException.notFound;
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ public class SourceRootResource {
       browseCommand.setPath(path);
       browseCommand.setOffset(offset);
       if (revision != null && !revision.isEmpty()) {
-        browseCommand.setRevision(URLDecoder.decode(revision, "UTF-8"));
+        browseCommand.setRevision(revision);
       }
       BrowserResult browserResult = browseCommand.getBrowserResult();