diff --git a/backends/networking/sdl_net/handlers/filespagehandler.cpp b/backends/networking/sdl_net/handlers/filespagehandler.cpp
index 2db80f76acc..4de76b9d079 100644
--- a/backends/networking/sdl_net/handlers/filespagehandler.cpp
+++ b/backends/networking/sdl_net/handlers/filespagehandler.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ Common::String encodeDoubleQuotes(Common::String s) {
 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
 		if (s[i] == '"') {
 			result += "\\\"";
-		} else if (s[i] == '\\') {
-			result += "\\\\";
 		} else result += s[i];
 	return result;
 }