diff --git a/src/input.rs b/src/input.rs
index 3ba9d3b..914b13c 100644
--- a/src/input.rs
+++ b/src/input.rs
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ impl<'a> Replacer<'a> {
                     return content;
                 }
 
-                let replaced =
-                    regex.replace_all(&content, *replace_with).to_string();
-                utils::unescape(&replaced).unwrap_or_else(|| replaced).into()
+                    regex.replace_all(&content, *replace_with).to_string().into()
+                
             },
             Replacer::Literal(search, replace_with) => {
                 content.replace(search, replace_with).into()
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 384b146..43c5c08 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 pub(crate) type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, crate::Error>;
 
-pub(crate) fn unescape(s: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    unescape::unescape(s)
-}
-
 pub(crate) fn regex_case_sensitive(pattern: &str) -> bool {
     use regex_syntax::Parser;
     Parser::new()