diff --git a/src/plugins/xml-rpc.c b/src/plugins/xml-rpc.c
index 81925604..f7a88870 100644
--- a/src/plugins/xml-rpc.c
+++ b/src/plugins/xml-rpc.c
@@ -374,11 +374,6 @@ char *xml_entity_encode(char *original) {
             d += 5;
             s++;
             break;
-        case '%':
-            strcat(d,"%");
-            d += 5;
-            s++;
-            break;
         default:
             *d++ = *s++;
         }