diff --git a/src/App/App.js b/src/App/App.js
index 248f553df..570c655f0 100644
--- a/src/App/App.js
+++ b/src/App/App.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const React = require('react');
 const { Router } = require('stremio-router');
 const { Core, Shell, Chromecast, KeyboardShortcuts, ServicesProvider } = require('stremio/services');
 const { NotFound } = require('stremio/routes');
-const { ToastProvider, sanitizeLocationPath, CONSTANTS } = require('stremio/common');
+const { ToastProvider, CONSTANTS } = require('stremio/common');
 const CoreEventsToaster = require('./CoreEventsToaster');
 const ErrorDialog = require('./ErrorDialog');
 const routerViewsConfig = require('./routerViewsConfig');
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ const App = () => {
         core: new Core({
             baseURI: document.baseURI,
             appVersion: process.env.VERSION,
-            shellVersion: null,
-            sanitizeLocationPath
+            shellVersion: null
         }),
         shell: new Shell(),
         chromecast: new Chromecast(),
diff --git a/src/common/index.js b/src/common/index.js
index 38ce7ab6c..54fac3a83 100644
--- a/src/common/index.js
+++ b/src/common/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const { withCoreSuspender, useCoreSuspender } = require('./CoreSuspender');
 const getVisibleChildrenRange = require('./getVisibleChildrenRange');
 const languageNames = require('./languageNames');
 const routesRegexp = require('./routesRegexp');
-const sanitizeLocationPath = require('./sanitizeLocationPath');
 const useAnimationFrame = require('./useAnimationFrame');
 const useBinaryState = require('./useBinaryState');
 const useDeepEqualMemo = require('./useDeepEqualMemo');
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ module.exports = {
     getVisibleChildrenRange,
     languageNames,
     routesRegexp,
-    sanitizeLocationPath,
     useAnimationFrame,
     useBinaryState,
     useDeepEqualMemo,
diff --git a/src/common/sanitizeLocationPath.js b/src/common/sanitizeLocationPath.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e45f1e15b..000000000
--- a/src/common/sanitizeLocationPath.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2017-2022 Smart code 203358507
-
-const UrlUtils = require('url');
-const routesRegexp = require('stremio/common/routesRegexp');
-
-const sanitizeLocationPath = (path) => {
-    const { href, pathname, search } = UrlUtils.parse(path);
-    if (typeof pathname === 'string') {
-        const matches = pathname.match(routesRegexp.player.regexp);
-        if (matches) {
-            if (typeof matches[2] === 'string') {
-                return `/player/***/***/${matches[3]}/${matches[4]}/${matches[5]}/${matches[6]}${typeof search === 'string' ? search : ''}`;
-            } else {
-                return `/player/***${typeof search === 'string' ? search : ''}`;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return href;
-};
-
-module.exports = sanitizeLocationPath;