diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactory.java
index a2e2c92a..9d17f6ef 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactory.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.GatewayToStringStyler.filterToStringCreator;
 import static org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils.unmodifiableMultiValueMap;
@@ -57,14 +58,19 @@ public class RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactory
 				MultiValueMap<String, String> queryParams = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>(request.getQueryParams());
 				queryParams.remove(config.getName());
 
-				URI newUri = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri(request.getURI())
-					.replaceQueryParams(unmodifiableMultiValueMap(queryParams))
-					.build()
-					.toUri();
+				try {
+					MultiValueMap<String, String> encodedQueryParams = UriUtils.encodeQueryParams(queryParams);
+					URI newUri = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri(request.getURI())
+						.replaceQueryParams(unmodifiableMultiValueMap(encodedQueryParams))
+						.build(true)
+						.toUri();
 
-				ServerHttpRequest updatedRequest = exchange.getRequest().mutate().uri(newUri).build();
-
-				return chain.filter(exchange.mutate().request(updatedRequest).build());
+					ServerHttpRequest updatedRequest = exchange.getRequest().mutate().uri(newUri).build();
+					return chain.filter(exchange.mutate().request(updatedRequest).build());
+				}
+				catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+					throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid URI query: \"" + queryParams + "\"");
+				}
 			}
 
 			@Override
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java
index a1fdf471..c5accf12 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java
@@ -123,4 +123,41 @@ public class RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(actualRequest.getQueryParams()).containsEntry("ccc", singletonList(",xyz"));
 	}
 
+
+	@Test
+	public void removeRequestParameterFilterShouldHandleEncodedParameterName() {
+		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest.get("http://localhost")
+			.queryParam("foo", "bar")
+			.queryParam("baz[]", "qux")
+			.build();
+		exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(request);
+		NameConfig config = new NameConfig();
+		config.setName("baz[]");
+		GatewayFilter filter = new RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactory().apply(config);
+
+		filter.filter(exchange, filterChain);
+
+		ServerHttpRequest actualRequest = captor.getValue().getRequest();
+		assertThat(actualRequest.getQueryParams()).doesNotContainKey("baz[]");
+		assertThat(actualRequest.getQueryParams()).containsEntry("foo", singletonList("bar"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void removeRequestParameterFilterShouldMaintainEncodedParameters() {
+		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest.get("http://localhost")
+			.queryParam("foo", "bar")
+			.queryParam("baz[]", "qux")
+			.build();
+		exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(request);
+		NameConfig config = new NameConfig();
+		config.setName("foo");
+		GatewayFilter filter = new RemoveRequestParameterGatewayFilterFactory().apply(config);
+
+		filter.filter(exchange, filterChain);
+
+		ServerHttpRequest actualRequest = captor.getValue().getRequest();
+		assertThat(actualRequest.getQueryParams()).doesNotContainKey("foo");
+		assertThat(actualRequest.getQueryParams()).containsEntry("baz[]", singletonList("qux"));
+	}
+
 }