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 ];