diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 610a51108..585a1faac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Remove duplicate border radius of avatars (Benjamin Thurm)
  * Fix: Site.get_site_root_paths() preferring other sites over the default when some sites share the same root_page (Andy Babic)
  * Fix: Pages with missing model definitions no longer crash the API (Abdulmalik Abdulwahab)
- * Fix: Strip null characters from paths when checking for redirects (Andrew Crewdson)
  * Fix: Rich text image chooser no longer skips format selection after a validation error (Matt Westcott)
 
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index b74524f73..1fd837aa3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ Contributors
 * Daniele Procida
 * Catherine Farman
 * Abdulmalik Abdulwahab
-* Andrew Crewdson
 * Aram Dulyan
 
 Translators
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.2.rst b/docs/releases/2.2.rst
index 1c2eb3a09..5a3c3f0f5 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.2.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Bug fixes
  * Remove duplicate border radius of avatars (Benjamin Thurm)
  * Site.get_site_root_paths() preferring other sites over the default when some sites share the same root_page (Andy Babic)
  * Pages with missing model definitions no longer crash the API (Abdulmalik Abdulwahab)
- * Strip null characters from paths when checking for redirects (Andrew Crewdson)
  * Rich text image chooser no longer skips format selection after a validation error (Matt Westcott)
 
 Upgrade considerations
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/redirects/models.py b/wagtail/contrib/redirects/models.py
index b9e8152c8..6897d144d 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/redirects/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/redirects/models.py
@@ -71,12 +71,8 @@ class Redirect(models.Model):
         parameters_components = parameters.split(';')
         parameters = ';'.join(sorted(parameters_components))
 
-        query_string = url_parsed[4]
-
-        # Strip Unicode NULLs (U+0000) for safety and Postgres compatibility
-        query_string = query_string.replace('%00', '')
-
         # Query string components must be sorted alphabetically
+        query_string = url_parsed[4]
         query_string_components = query_string.split('&')
         query_string = '&'.join(sorted(query_string_components))
 
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/redirects/tests.py b/wagtail/contrib/redirects/tests.py
index b19f5b638..4e9140a1e 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/redirects/tests.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/redirects/tests.py
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ class TestRedirects(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual('/', normalise_path('/'))  # '/' should stay '/'
 
-        self.assertEqual('/foo?bar=baz', normalise_path('/foo?bar=baz%00'))  # Strip NULLs
-
         # Normalise some rubbish to make sure it doesn't crash
         normalise_path('This is not a URL')
         normalise_path('//////hello/world')