3 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/helpers/vyos-merge-config.py b/src/helpers/vyos-merge-config.py
index e9a14ae98..7ae62cfb3 100755
--- a/src/helpers/vyos-merge-config.py
+++ b/src/helpers/vyos-merge-config.py
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ merge_config_tree = ConfigTree(config_file)
 effective_config = Config()
 
 output_effective_config = effective_config.show_config()
-# showConfig (called by config.show_config() does not escape
-# backslashes, which configtree expects; cf. T1001.
-output_effective_config = output_effective_config.replace("\\", "\\\\")
 
 effective_config_tree = ConfigTree(output_effective_config)
 
diff --git a/src/services/vyos-http-api-server b/src/services/vyos-http-api-server
index 9b6d7e979..1abaed873 100755
--- a/src/services/vyos-http-api-server
+++ b/src/services/vyos-http-api-server
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import traceback
 import threading
 
 import vyos.config
-import vyos.util
 
 import bottle
 
@@ -213,7 +212,6 @@ def get_value():
                 config_format = command['configFormat']
 
             res = session.show_config(path=command['path'])
-            res = vyos.util.escape_backslash(res)
             if config_format == 'json':
                 config_tree = vyos.configtree.ConfigTree(res)
                 res = json.loads(config_tree.to_json())
diff --git a/src/utils/vyos-config-to-commands b/src/utils/vyos-config-to-commands
index 7147bc5ff..8b50f7c5d 100755
--- a/src/utils/vyos-config-to-commands
+++ b/src/utils/vyos-config-to-commands
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ else:
     except OSError as e:
         print("Could not read config file {0}: {1}".format(file_name, e), file=sys.stderr)
 
-# This script is usually called with the output of "cli-shell-api showCfg", which does not
-# escape backslashes. "ConfigTree()" expects escaped backslashes when parsing a config
-# string (and also prints them itself). Therefore this script would fail.
-# Manually escape backslashes here to handle backslashes in any configuration strings
-# properly. The alternative would be to modify the output of "cli-shell-api showCfg",
-# but that may be break other things who rely on that specific output.
-config_string = config_string.replace("\\", "\\\\")
-
 try:
     config = ConfigTree(config_string)
     commands = config.to_commands()