1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/url/reference/ReferenceURLConnection.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/url/reference/ReferenceURLConnection.java
index 82c847d4e..c776c8b0b 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/url/reference/ReferenceURLConnection.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/url/reference/ReferenceURLConnection.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.FilePath;
-import org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.osgi.internal.location.LocationHelper;
 
 /**
  * URLConnection for the reference protocol.
@@ -45,14 +45,7 @@ public class ReferenceURLConnection extends URLConnection {
 					file = makeAbsolute(installPath, file);
 			}
 
-			// Pre-check if file exists, if not, and it contains escape characters,
-			// try decoding the absolute path generated by makeAbsolute
-			if (!file.exists() && path.indexOf('%') >= 0) {
-				String decodePath = EquinoxConfiguration.decode(file.getAbsolutePath());
-				File f = new File(decodePath);
-				if (f.exists())
-					file = f;
-			}
+			file = LocationHelper.decodePath(file);
 
 			ref = file.toURL();
 			checkRead(file);