diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index 476570b..a4a891f 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
 		i = j+3
 	return res
 
-always_safe = string.letters + string.digits + '_,.+-'
+always_safe = string.letters + string.digits + '_,.-'
 def quote(s, safe = '/'):
 	safe = always_safe + safe
 	res = ''