diff --git a/check-certificates.rsc b/check-certificates.rsc
index 31d57699..47ed7d67 100644
--- a/check-certificates.rsc
+++ b/check-certificates.rsc
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   :global ScriptLock;
   :global SendNotification2;
   :global SymbolForNotification;
-  :global UrlEncode;
   :global WaitFullyConnected;
 
   :local CheckCertificatesDownloadImport do={
@@ -46,11 +45,10 @@
     :global FetchUserAgentStr;
     :global LogPrint;
     :global RmFile;
-    :global UrlEncode;
     :global WaitForFile;
 
     :foreach Type in={ "p12"; "pem" } do={
-      :local CertFileName ([ $UrlEncode $FetchName ] . "." . $Type);
+      :local CertFileName ([ :convert to=url $FetchName ] . "." . $Type);
       $LogPrint debug $ScriptName ("Trying type '" . $Type . "' for '" . $CertName . \
           "' (file '" . $CertFileName . "')...");
 
@@ -202,7 +200,7 @@
       } else={
         $LogPrint debug $ScriptName ("Certificate '" . $CertVal->"name" . "' was not updated, but replaced.");
 
-        :local CertNew [ /certificate/find where name~("^" . [ $EscapeForRegEx [ $UrlEncode $FetchName ] ] . "\\.(p12|pem)_[0-9]+\$") \
+        :local CertNew [ /certificate/find where name~("^" . [ $EscapeForRegEx [ :convert to=url $FetchName ] ] . "\\.(p12|pem)_[0-9]+\$") \
           (common-name=($CertVal->"common-name") or subject-alt-name~("(^|\\W)(DNS|IP):" . [ $EscapeForRegEx $LastName ] . "(\\W|\$)")) \
           fingerprint!=[ :tostr ($CertVal->"fingerprint") ] ];
         :local CertNewVal [ /certificate/get $CertNew ];
diff --git a/daily-psk.capsman.rsc b/daily-psk.capsman.rsc
index 8d8a5ee7..2c52ada8 100644
--- a/daily-psk.capsman.rsc
+++ b/daily-psk.capsman.rsc
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   :global ScriptLock;
   :global SendNotification2;
   :global SymbolForNotification;
-  :global UrlEncode;
   :global WaitForFile;
   :global WaitFullyConnected;
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@
           $LogPrint debug $ScriptName ("Already sent a mail for SSID " . $Ssid . ", skipping.");
         } else={
           :local Link ($DailyPskQrCodeUrl . \
-              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ $UrlEncode $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ $UrlEncode $NewPsk ]);
+              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ :convert to=url $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ :convert to=url $NewPsk ]);
           $SendNotification2 ({ origin=$ScriptName; \
             subject=([ $SymbolForNotification "calendar" ] . "daily PSK " . $Ssid); \
             message=("This is the daily PSK on " . $Identity . ":\n\n" . \
diff --git a/daily-psk.local.rsc b/daily-psk.local.rsc
index 62f4cf42..fd63f873 100644
--- a/daily-psk.local.rsc
+++ b/daily-psk.local.rsc
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   :global ScriptLock;
   :global SendNotification2;
   :global SymbolForNotification;
-  :global UrlEncode;
   :global WaitForFile;
   :global WaitFullyConnected;
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
           $LogPrint debug $ScriptName ("Already sent a mail for SSID " . $Ssid . ", skipping.");
         } else={
           :local Link ($DailyPskQrCodeUrl . \
-              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ $UrlEncode $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ $UrlEncode $NewPsk ]);
+              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ :convert to=url $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ :convert to=url $NewPsk ]);
           $SendNotification2 ({ origin=$ScriptName; \
             subject=([ $SymbolForNotification "calendar" ] . "daily PSK " . $Ssid); \
             message=("This is the daily PSK on " . $Identity . ":\n\n" . \
diff --git a/daily-psk.template.rsc b/daily-psk.template.rsc
index 5e569053..92a7f139 100644
--- a/daily-psk.template.rsc
+++ b/daily-psk.template.rsc
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
   :global ScriptLock;
   :global SendNotification2;
   :global SymbolForNotification;
-  :global UrlEncode;
   :global WaitForFile;
   :global WaitFullyConnected;
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@
           $LogPrint debug $ScriptName ("Already sent a mail for SSID " . $Ssid . ", skipping.");
         } else={
           :local Link ($DailyPskQrCodeUrl . \
-              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ $UrlEncode $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ $UrlEncode $NewPsk ]);
+              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ :convert to=url $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ :convert to=url $NewPsk ]);
           $SendNotification2 ({ origin=$ScriptName; \
             subject=([ $SymbolForNotification "calendar" ] . "daily PSK " . $Ssid); \
             message=("This is the daily PSK on " . $Identity . ":\n\n" . \
diff --git a/daily-psk.wifi.rsc b/daily-psk.wifi.rsc
index 66321173..2bcfd9fd 100644
--- a/daily-psk.wifi.rsc
+++ b/daily-psk.wifi.rsc
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   :global ScriptLock;
   :global SendNotification2;
   :global SymbolForNotification;
-  :global UrlEncode;
   :global WaitForFile;
   :global WaitFullyConnected;
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@
           $LogPrint debug $ScriptName ("Already sent a mail for SSID " . $Ssid . ", skipping.");
         } else={
           :local Link ($DailyPskQrCodeUrl . \
-              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ $UrlEncode $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ $UrlEncode $NewPsk ]);
+              "?scale=8&level=1&ssid=" . [ :convert to=url $Ssid ] . "&pass=" . [ :convert to=url $NewPsk ]);
           $SendNotification2 ({ origin=$ScriptName; \
             subject=([ $SymbolForNotification "calendar" ] . "daily PSK " . $Ssid); \
             message=("This is the daily PSK on " . $Identity . ":\n\n" . \
diff --git a/global-functions.d/deprecated.rsc b/global-functions.d/deprecated.rsc
index 8f3e5c89..b263bebf 100644
--- a/global-functions.d/deprecated.rsc
+++ b/global-functions.d/deprecated.rsc
@@ -7,3 +7,32 @@
 #
 # deprecated global functions
 # https://rsc.eworm.de/
+
+:global UrlEncode;
+
+# url encoding
+:set UrlEncode do={
+  :local Input [ :tostr $1 ];
+
+  :if ([ :len $Input ] = 0) do={
+    :return "";
+  }
+
+  :local Return "";
+  :local Chars ("\n\r !\"#\$%&'()*+,:;<=>?@[\\]^`{|}~");
+  :local Subs { "%0A"; "%0D"; "%20"; "%21"; "%22"; "%23"; "%24"; "%25"; "%26"; "%27";
+         "%28"; "%29"; "%2A"; "%2B"; "%2C"; "%3A"; "%3B"; "%3C"; "%3D"; "%3E"; "%3F";
+         "%40"; "%5B"; "%5C"; "%5D"; "%5E"; "%60"; "%7B"; "%7C"; "%7D"; "%7E" };
+
+  :for I from=0 to=([ :len $Input ] - 1) do={
+    :local Char [ :pick $Input $I ];
+    :local Replace [ :find $Chars $Char ];
+
+    :if ([ :typeof $Replace ] = "num") do={
+      :set Char ($Subs->$Replace);
+    }
+    :set Return ($Return . $Char);
+  }
+
+  :return $Return;
+}
diff --git a/global-functions.rsc b/global-functions.rsc
index 8b4d12f0..5cadb24f 100644
--- a/global-functions.rsc
+++ b/global-functions.rsc
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 :global SymbolByUnicodeName;
 :global SymbolForNotification;
 :global Unix2Dos;
-:global UrlEncode;
 :global ValidateSyntax;
 :global VersionToNum;
 :global WaitDefaultRouteReachable;
@@ -1795,33 +1794,6 @@
   :return [ :tocrlf [ :tostr $1 ] ];
 }
 
-# url encoding
-:set UrlEncode do={
-  :local Input [ :tostr $1 ];
-
-  :if ([ :len $Input ] = 0) do={
-    :return "";
-  }
-
-  :local Return "";
-  :local Chars ("\n\r !\"#\$%&'()*+,:;<=>?@[\\]^`{|}~");
-  :local Subs { "%0A"; "%0D"; "%20"; "%21"; "%22"; "%23"; "%24"; "%25"; "%26"; "%27";
-         "%28"; "%29"; "%2A"; "%2B"; "%2C"; "%3A"; "%3B"; "%3C"; "%3D"; "%3E"; "%3F";
-         "%40"; "%5B"; "%5C"; "%5D"; "%5E"; "%60"; "%7B"; "%7C"; "%7D"; "%7E" };
-
-  :for I from=0 to=([ :len $Input ] - 1) do={
-    :local Char [ :pick $Input $I ];
-    :local Replace [ :find $Chars $Char ];
-
-    :if ([ :typeof $Replace ] = "num") do={
-      :set Char ($Subs->$Replace);
-    }
-    :set Return ($Return . $Char);
-  }
-
-  :return $Return;
-}
-
 # basic syntax validation
 :set ValidateSyntax do={
   :local Code [ :tostr $1 ];
diff --git a/mod/notification-matrix.rsc b/mod/notification-matrix.rsc
index 5827e618..004ab1f2 100644
--- a/mod/notification-matrix.rsc
+++ b/mod/notification-matrix.rsc
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@
 
   :global FetchUserAgentStr;
   :global LogPrint;
-  :global UrlEncode;
 
   :global MatrixAccessToken;
   :global MatrixHomeServer;
@@ -251,8 +250,8 @@
   :onerror Err {
     /tool/fetch check-certificate=yes-without-crl output=none \
         http-header-field=({ [ $FetchUserAgentStr $0 ] }) http-method=post http-data="" \
-        ("https://" . $MatrixHomeServer . "/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/" . [ $UrlEncode $MatrixRoom ] . \
-        "/join?access_token=" . [ $UrlEncode $MatrixAccessToken ]) as-value;
+        ("https://" . $MatrixHomeServer . "/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/" . [ :convert to=url $MatrixRoom ] . \
+        "/join?access_token=" . [ :convert to=url $MatrixAccessToken ]) as-value;
     $LogPrint debug $0 ("Joined the room.");
   } do={
     $LogPrint error $0 ("Failed joining the room: " . $Err);
diff --git a/mod/notification-ntfy.rsc b/mod/notification-ntfy.rsc
index b3660d8c..25156acd 100644
--- a/mod/notification-ntfy.rsc
+++ b/mod/notification-ntfy.rsc
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
   :global IfThenElse;
   :global LogPrint;
   :global SymbolForNotification;
-  :global UrlEncode;
 
   :local Server [ $EitherOr ($NtfyServerOverride->($Notification->"origin")) $NtfyServer ];
   :local User [ $EitherOr ($NtfyServerUserOverride->($Notification->"origin")) $NtfyServerUser ];
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@
     :return false;
   }
 
-  :local Url ("https://" . $Server . "/" . [ $UrlEncode $Topic ]);
+  :local Url ("https://" . $Server . "/" . [ :convert to=url $Topic ]);
   :local Headers ({ [ $FetchUserAgentStr ($Notification->"origin") ]; \
     ("Priority: " . [ $IfThenElse ($Notification->"silent") "low" "default" ]); \
     ("Title: " . "[" . $IdentityExtra . $Identity . "] " . ($Notification->"subject")) });
diff --git a/mod/notification-telegram.rsc b/mod/notification-telegram.rsc
index f3fa6f84..0d0fd6e9 100644
--- a/mod/notification-telegram.rsc
+++ b/mod/notification-telegram.rsc
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
   :global LogPrint;
   :global ProtocolStrip;
   :global SymbolForNotification;
-  :global UrlEncode;
 
   :local EscapeMD do={
     :local Text [ :tostr $1 ];
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@
     }
     :local Data ([ /tool/fetch check-certificate=yes-without-crl output=user http-method=post \
       ("https://api.telegram.org/bot" . $TokenId . "/sendMessage") \
-      http-data=($HTTPData . "&text=" . [ $UrlEncode $Text ]) as-value ]->"data");
+      http-data=($HTTPData . "&text=" . [ :convert to=url $Text ]) as-value ]->"data");
     :set ($TelegramMessageIDs->[ :tostr ([ :deserialize from=json value=$Data ]->"result"->"message_id") ]) 1;
   } do={
     $LogPrint info $0 ("Failed sending Telegram notification: " . $Err . " - Queuing...");
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@
       [ $EscapeMD ("This message was queued since _" . [ /system/clock/get date ] . \
       " " . [ /system/clock/get time ] . "_ and may be obsolete.") "plain" "_" ]);
     :set ($TelegramQueue->[ :len $TelegramQueue ]) { tokenid=$TokenId;
-      http-data=($HTTPData . "&text=" . [ $UrlEncode $Text ]) };
+      http-data=($HTTPData . "&text=" . [ :convert to=url $Text ]) };
     :if ([ :len [ /system/scheduler/find where name="_FlushTelegramQueue" ] ] = 0) do={
       /system/scheduler/add name="_FlushTelegramQueue" interval=1m start-time=startup \
         on-event=(":global FlushTelegramQueue; \$FlushTelegramQueue;");