diff --git a/plugins/user/profile/profile.php b/plugins/user/profile/profile.php
index f7512f0591da7..fae87ffe3afd7 100644
--- a/plugins/user/profile/profile.php
+++ b/plugins/user/profile/profile.php
@@ -349,9 +349,6 @@ public function onUserBeforeSave($user, $isnew, $data)
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				// Convert website url to punycode
-				$data['profile']['website'] = JStringPunycode::urlToPunycode($data['profile']['website']);
-
 				$date = new JDate($data['profile']['dob']);
 				$this->date = $date->format('Y-m-d');
 			}