don't include cgi, unnecessary

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/rest/rest_request.rb b/lib/chef/rest/rest_request.rb
index fe9ba6f7b0..ff9738de99 100644
--- a/lib/chef/rest/rest_request.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/rest/rest_request.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 require 'uri'
-require 'cgi'
 require 'net/http'
 require 'chef/rest/cookie_jar'
 
@@ -222,8 +221,8 @@ class Chef
         @http_request.body = request_body if (request_body && @http_request.request_body_permitted?)
         # Optionally handle HTTP Basic Authentication
         if url.user
-          user = CGI.unescape(url.user)
-          password = CGI.unescape(url.password) if url.password
+          user = URI.unescape(url.user)
+          password = URI.unescape(url.password) if url.password
           @http_request.basic_auth(user, password)
         end
         @http_request[USER_AGENT] = self.class.user_agent