diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index e2c6a59c2b..2cfd23193f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ function wp_redirect($location, $status = 302) {
 	if ( !$location ) // allows the wp_redirect filter to cancel a redirect
 		return false; 
 
-	$location = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9-~\+_\.\?#=&;,/:%]|i', '', $location);
+	$location = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9-~+_.?#=&;,/:%]|i', '', $location);
 	$location = wp_kses_no_null($location);
 
 	// remove %0d and %0a from location