diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3453a84..507dc2c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ LinkingTo:
     Rcpp
 Imports: 
     fastmatch,
-    Rcpp,
-    utf8,
-    utils
+    Rcpp
 Suggests: 
     testthat (>= 3.0.0)
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Depends: 
-    R (>= 2.10)
+    R (>= 4.2)
diff --git a/R/get.R b/R/get.R
index 7d7ced2..ddeb72a 100644
--- a/R/get.R
+++ b/R/get.R
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #' ada_get_href("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_href <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_href(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ ada_get_href <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_username("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_username <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_username(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ ada_get_username <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_password("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_password <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_password(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -55,7 +52,6 @@ ada_get_password <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_port("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_port <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_port(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@ ada_get_port <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_hash("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_hash <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_hash(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -89,7 +84,6 @@ ada_get_hash <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_host("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_host <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_host(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -106,7 +100,6 @@ ada_get_host <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_hostname("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_hostname <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_hostname(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -123,7 +116,6 @@ ada_get_hostname <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_pathname("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_pathname <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_pathname(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -140,7 +132,6 @@ ada_get_pathname <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_search("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_search <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_search(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
@@ -157,7 +148,6 @@ ada_get_search <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
 #' ada_get_protocol("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_get_protocol <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     len <- vapply(url, function(x) nchar(x, type = "bytes"), integer(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     out <- Rcpp_ada_get_protocol(url, len)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
diff --git a/R/has.R b/R/has.R
index 1f44b49..f9296e8 100644
--- a/R/has.R
+++ b/R/has.R
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #' ada_has_credentials("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_credentials <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_credentials(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_credentials(url)
 }
 
 #' Check if URL has an empty hostname
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ada_has_credentials <- function(url) {
 #' ada_has_empty_hostname("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_empty_hostname <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_empty_hostname(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_empty_hostname(url)
 }
 
 #' Check if URL has a hostname
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ada_has_empty_hostname <- function(url) {
 #' ada_has_hostname("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_hostname <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_hostname(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_hostname(url)
 }
 
 #' Check if URL has a non empty username
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ada_has_hostname <- function(url) {
 #' ada_has_non_empty_username("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_non_empty_username <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_non_empty_username(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_non_empty_username(url)
 }
 
 #' Check if URL has a non empty password
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ada_has_non_empty_username <- function(url) {
 #' ada_has_non_empty_password("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_non_empty_password <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_non_empty_password(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_non_empty_password(url)
 }
 
 #' Check if URL has a port
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ada_has_non_empty_password <- function(url) {
 #' ada_has_port("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_port <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_port(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_port(url)
 }
 
 #' Check if URL has a hash
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ada_has_port <- function(url) {
 #' ada_has_hash("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_hash <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_hash(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_hash(url)
 }
 
 #' Check if URL has a search
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ ada_has_hash <- function(url) {
 #' ada_has_search("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_has_search <- function(url) {
-    Rcpp_ada_has_search(utf8::as_utf8(url))
+    Rcpp_ada_has_search(url)
 }
diff --git a/R/parse.R b/R/parse.R
index d86e64d..b373d3e 100644
--- a/R/parse.R
+++ b/R/parse.R
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #' ada_url_parse("https://user_1:password_1@example.org:8080/dir/../api?q=1#frag")
 #' @export
 ada_url_parse <- function(url, decode = TRUE) {
-    url <- utf8::as_utf8(url)
     url_parsed <- Rcpp_ada_parse(url)
     if (isTRUE(decode)) {
         return(.decoder(url_parsed))