diff --git a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
index 94a2df218..a9e893d58 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
@@ -5461,7 +5461,6 @@ class e107
 		// e_QUERY SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED IF IN SNIGLE ENTRY MODE OR ALL URLS WILL BE BROKEN - it's defined later within the the router
 		if(!deftrue("e_SINGLE_ENTRY"))
 		{
-			$e_QUERY = filter_var($e_QUERY, FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS); //FIXME Breaks non-latin chars: @see https://github.com/e107inc/e107/issues/719
 			if(!defined('e_QUERY'))
 			{
 				define('e_QUERY', $e_QUERY);
diff --git a/e107_tests/tests/unit/e107Test.php b/e107_tests/tests/unit/e107Test.php
index 1d978994e..e6782c530 100644
--- a/e107_tests/tests/unit/e107Test.php
+++ b/e107_tests/tests/unit/e107Test.php
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@ class e107Test extends \Codeception\Test\Unit
 				$tests = array(
 					'mode=main&action=create'                       => 'mode=main&action=create',
 					'[debug=counts!]mode=pref_editor&type=vstore'   => 'mode=pref_editor&type=vstore',
-			//		'searchquery=šýá&mode=main'                     => 'searchquery=šýá&mode=main', //FIXME Fails.
+					'searchquery=šýá&mode=main'                     => 'searchquery=šýá&mode=main',
 				);
 
 				foreach($tests as $input => $expected)