diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtil.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtil.kt
index e62e5f5cf8e..f1de47a5b28 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtil.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package com.wire.android.util
 
 import java.net.URI
-import java.net.URLDecoder
 
 fun containsSchema(url: String): Boolean {
     return try {
@@ -29,11 +28,9 @@ fun containsSchema(url: String): Boolean {
 }
 
 fun normalizeLink(url: String): String {
-    val normalizedUrl = URLDecoder.decode(url, "UTF-8") // Decode URL to human-readable format
-
-    return if (containsSchema(normalizedUrl)) {
-        normalizedUrl
+    return if (containsSchema(url)) {
+        url
     } else {
-        "https://$normalizedUrl"
+        "https://$url"
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtilTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtilTest.kt
index b47a6016d55..1da9666562e 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtilTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/wire/android/util/UriUtilTest.kt
@@ -79,4 +79,11 @@ class UriUtilTest {
         val actual = normalizeLink(input)
         assertEquals(expected, actual)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun givenEncodedLink_whenTheLinkIsValidWithSchema_thenReturnsTheSameLink() {
+        val input = "https://google.com/this+is+a+link+with+space"
+        val actual = normalizeLink(input)
+        assertEquals(input, actual)
+    }
 }