1 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index abae0f17e..f5552ce80 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -2464,23 +2464,6 @@ def lowercase_escape(s):
         s)
 
 
-def escape_rfc3986(s):
-    """Escape non-ASCII characters as suggested by RFC 3986"""
-    return urllib.parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]")
-
-
-def escape_url(url):
-    """Escape URL as suggested by RFC 3986"""
-    url_parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
-    return url_parsed._replace(
-        netloc=url_parsed.netloc.encode('idna').decode('ascii'),
-        path=escape_rfc3986(url_parsed.path),
-        params=escape_rfc3986(url_parsed.params),
-        query=escape_rfc3986(url_parsed.query),
-        fragment=escape_rfc3986(url_parsed.fragment)
-    ).geturl()
-
-
 def parse_qs(url, **kwargs):
     return urllib.parse.parse_qs(urllib.parse.urlparse(url).query, **kwargs)