diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/UDFClassPath.scala b/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/UDFClassPath.scala
index bafe7a0e..aedbc8a6 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/UDFClassPath.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/UDFClassPath.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.{URI, URLClassLoader}
 import com.snowflake.snowpark.Session
-import sun.net.www.ParseUtil
 
 object UDFClassPath extends Logging {
 
@@ -94,13 +93,7 @@ object UDFClassPath extends Logging {
       if (path.contains(":")) {
         path = path.substring(path.indexOf(":") + 1)
       }
-      /*
-       * The URL in class loader is encoded, so we have to decode it to read the
-       * local file.
-       */
-      path = ParseUtil.decode(path)
-      // Creating a File fixes the separator based on OS
-      new File(path).getPath
+      new URI(path).getPath
     }
   }
 
@@ -111,9 +104,7 @@ object UDFClassPath extends Logging {
        * The URL in CodeSource location is encoded, so we have to decode it to read the
        * local file.
        */
-      val parsed = ParseUtil.decode(codeSource.getLocation.getPath)
-      // Creating a File fixes the separator based on OS
-      Some(new File(parsed).getPath)
+      Some(new URI(codeSource.getLocation.getPath).getPath)
     } else {
       None
     }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/UDFRegistrationSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/UDFRegistrationSuite.scala
index b18207be..1c0984b6 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/UDFRegistrationSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/UDFRegistrationSuite.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import com.snowflake.snowpark.internal.Utils.clientPackageName
 import java.io.{BufferedOutputStream, File, FileOutputStream}
 import java.nio.file.{Files, NoSuchFileException}
 import com.snowflake.snowpark.internal.{JavaUtils, UDFClassPath}
-import sun.net.www.ParseUtil
 
 import scala.reflect.internal.util.BatchSourceFile
 import scala.reflect.io.{AbstractFile, VirtualDirectory}
@@ -23,11 +22,6 @@ class UDFRegistrationSuite extends SNTestBase with FileUtils {
     session.runQuery(s"create or replace temporary stage $tempStage")
   }
 
-  test("Test URL encoding") {
-    val inputs = Seq("dbiufwhronr==", "fdeswfirn--", "bsdij++", "sb#i", "bxsj%i@9h(nb)")
-    inputs.foreach(str => assert(ParseUtil.decode(ParseUtil.encodePath(str)) == str))
-  }
-
   test("Test that jar files are uploaded to stage correctly") {
     val udfRegistrar = new UDFRegistration(session)
     val classDirs = UDFClassPath.classDirs(session).toList