diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 7478c30a..26ef83b0 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from collections import deque, defaultdict
 from functools import partial
 from inspect import isawaitable, stack, getmodulename
 from traceback import format_exc
-from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode, urlunparse
+from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlunparse
 from ssl import create_default_context, Purpose
 
 from sanic.config import Config
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from sanic.websocket import WebSocketProtocol, ConnectionClosed
 
 
 class Sanic:
+
     def __init__(self, name=None, router=None, error_handler=None,
                  load_env=True, request_class=None,
                  strict_slashes=False, log_config=None,
@@ -110,11 +111,9 @@ class Sanic:
 
         :param event: event to listen to
         """
-
         def decorator(listener):
             self.listeners[event].append(listener)
             return listener
-
         return decorator
 
     # Decorator
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ class Sanic:
         # and will probably get confused as to why it's not working
         if not uri.startswith('/'):
             uri = '/' + uri
-        uri = quote(uri)
+
         if stream:
             self.is_request_stream = True
 
@@ -429,7 +428,7 @@ class Sanic:
         uri, route = self.router.find_route_by_view_name(view_name, **kw)
         if not (uri and route):
             raise URLBuildError('Endpoint with name `{}` was not found'.format(
-                view_name))
+                                view_name))
 
         if view_name == 'static' or view_name.endswith('.static'):
             filename = kwargs.pop('filename', None)
diff --git a/sanic/router.py b/sanic/router.py
index 0d8305ef..ad93fda7 100644
--- a/sanic/router.py
+++ b/sanic/router.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import re
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from functools import lru_cache
+from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 from sanic.exceptions import NotFound, MethodNotSupported
 from sanic.views import CompositionView
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ class Router:
         :param method: request method
         :return: handler, arguments, keyword arguments
         """
+        # url = unquote(url)
         url = host + url
         # Check against known static routes
         route = self.routes_static.get(url)