diff --git a/lib/md_tools.sh b/lib/md_tools.sh
index 930b021..2a1be48 100755
--- a/lib/md_tools.sh
+++ b/lib/md_tools.sh
@@ -741,29 +741,3 @@ listEndpointLocations () {
 	# cut the location column
 	/bin/cat - | $_CUT -f4 -d" "
 }
-
-#######################################################################
-# This function is DEPRECATED. Use percent_encode instead.
-#
-# URL-encode an arbitrary string.
-# See: https://gist.github.com/cdown/1163649
-#
-# Usage: urlencode <string>
-#######################################################################
-urlencode () {
-	
-	# make sure there is one (and only one) command-line argument
-	if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: $FUNCNAME: incorrect number of arguments: $# (1 required)" >&2
-		return 2
-	fi
-
-	local length="${#1}"
-	for (( i = 0; i < length; i++ )); do
-		local c="${1:i:1}"
-		case "$c" in
-			[a-zA-Z0-9.~_-]) printf "$c" ;;
-			*) printf '%%%02X' "'$c"
-		esac
-	done
-}