diff --git a/electrum/gui/text.py b/electrum/gui/text.py
index 5fc954c2e..fc6794da3 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/text.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/text.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
 import electrum
 from electrum.gui import BaseElectrumGui
-from electrum import util
+from electrum.bip21 import parse_bip21_URI
 from electrum.util import format_satoshis, format_time
 from electrum.util import EventListener, event_listener
 from electrum.bitcoin import is_address, address_to_script, COIN
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 _ = lambda x:x  # i18n
 
+
 def parse_bip21(text):
     try:
-        return util.parse_URI(text)
+        return parse_bip21_URI(text)
     except Exception:
         return
 
+
 def parse_bolt11(text):
     from electrum.lnaddr import lndecode
     try:
@@ -46,7 +48,6 @@ def parse_bolt11(text):
         return
 
 
-
 class ElectrumGui(BaseElectrumGui, EventListener):
 
     def __init__(self, *, config: 'SimpleConfig', daemon: 'Daemon', plugins: 'Plugins'):