diff --git a/Runtime/Scripting/DomProxies/EncodingHelpers.cs b/Runtime/Scripting/DomProxies/EncodingHelpers.cs
index daff7d60..92da638b 100644
--- a/Runtime/Scripting/DomProxies/EncodingHelpers.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Scripting/DomProxies/EncodingHelpers.cs
@@ -1,44 +1,27 @@
 using System;
-using System.Reflection;
-using UnityEngine.Networking;
 
 namespace ReactUnity
 {
     public static class EncodingHelpers
     {
-        private static Type WWWTranscoder;
-        private static MethodInfo URLEncode;
-        private static MethodInfo URLDecode;
-        private static MethodInfo DataEncode;
-        private static MethodInfo DataDecode;
-
-        static EncodingHelpers()
-        {
-            WWWTranscoder = typeof(UnityWebRequest).Assembly?.GetType("UnityEngine.WWWTranscoder");
-        }
-
         public static string encodeURI(string input)
         {
-            URLEncode = URLEncode ?? WWWTranscoder?.GetMethod("URLEncode", new Type[] { typeof(string) });
-            return URLEncode?.Invoke(null, new object[] { input }) as string ?? input;
+            return Uri.EscapeUriString(input);
         }
 
         public static string decodeURI(string input)
         {
-            URLDecode = URLDecode ?? WWWTranscoder?.GetMethod("URLDecode", new Type[] { typeof(string) });
-            return URLDecode?.Invoke(null, new object[] { input }) as string ?? input;
+            return Uri.UnescapeDataString(input);
         }
 
         public static string encodeURIComponent(string input)
         {
-            DataEncode = DataEncode ?? WWWTranscoder?.GetMethod("DataEncode", new Type[] { typeof(string) });
-            return DataEncode?.Invoke(null, new object[] { input }) as string ?? input;
+            return Uri.EscapeDataString(input);
         }
 
         public static string decodeURIComponent(string input)
         {
-            DataDecode = DataDecode ?? WWWTranscoder?.GetMethod("DataDecode", new Type[] { typeof(string) });
-            return DataDecode?.Invoke(null, new object[] { input }) as string ?? input;
+            return Uri.UnescapeDataString(input);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Editor/Renderer/MiscTests.cs b/Tests/Editor/Renderer/MiscTests.cs
index 7160b020..0466ada6 100644
--- a/Tests/Editor/Renderer/MiscTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/Editor/Renderer/MiscTests.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public IEnumerator EncodingHelpersWork()
             yield return null;
 
             Assert.AreEqual(
-                "bla%26bla%26bla",
+                "bla&bla&bla",
                 Context.Script.EvaluateScript(@"encodeURI('bla&bla&bla')")
             );
 
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ public IEnumerator EncodingHelpersWork()
 
 
             Assert.AreEqual(
-                "%5c%25+%2b",
+                "%5C%25%20+",
                 Context.Script.EvaluateScript(@"encodeURI('\\% +')")
             );
 
 
             Assert.AreEqual(
-                "%5c%25%20%2b",
+                "%5C%25%20%2B",
                 Context.Script.EvaluateScript(@"encodeURIComponent('\\% +')")
             );