Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/routines/UrlValidator.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/routines/UrlValidator.java	(revision 18895)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/routines/UrlValidator.java	(revision 18896)
@@ -165,5 +165,5 @@
 
     private static final String PATH_REGEX = "^(/[-\\w:@&?=+,.!/~*'%$_;()]*)?$";
-    private static final Pattern PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(PATH_REGEX, Pattern.UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS);
+    private static final Pattern PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(PATH_REGEX);
 
     private static final String QUERY_REGEX = "^(.*)$";