diff --git a/src/switch_utils.c b/src/switch_utils.c
index 2568a4f50b..399442be71 100644
--- a/src/switch_utils.c
+++ b/src/switch_utils.c
@@ -3670,9 +3670,6 @@ switch_status_t clean_uri(char *uri)
 		}
 	}
 
-	*uri++ = '/';
-	*uri-- = '\0';
-
 	for(i = 1; i < last; i++) {
 		len = strlen(argv[i]);
 		sprintf(uri + uri_len, "/%s", argv[i]);