diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c

index e0ccc31..c6c7e89 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@

 #include "apr_version.h"

 #include "ap_hooks.h"

 #include "apr_date.h"

-#include "apr_escape.h"

+#include "util_md5.h"

 #include "mod_watchdog.h"

 static const char *balancer_mutex_type = "proxy-balancer-shm";

@@ -774,9 +774,8 @@ static apr_status_t lock_remove(void *data)

             }

         }

     }

-    apr_md5_final(md5, &md5_ctx);

-    return apr_pescape_hex(p, md5, sizeof md5, 0);

+    return ap_md5contextTo64(p, &md5_ctx);

 }

 /*