1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 72ceba782..c353834a4 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -5711,7 +5711,7 @@ ash_arith(const char *s)
 #define RMESCAPE_SLASH  0x20    /* Stop globbing after slash */
 
 /* Add CTLESC when necessary. */
-#define QUOTES_ESC     (EXP_FULL | EXP_CASE | EXP_QPAT | EXP_REDIR)
+#define QUOTES_ESC     (EXP_FULL | EXP_CASE | EXP_QPAT)
 /* Do not skip NUL characters. */
 #define QUOTES_KEEPNUL EXP_TILDE
 
@@ -7608,10 +7608,6 @@ expandarg(union node *arg, struct arglist *arglist, int flag)
                 exparg.lastp = &exparg.list;
                 expandmeta(exparg.list /*, flag*/);
         } else {
-                if (flag & EXP_REDIR) { /*XXX - for now, just remove escapes */
-                        rmescapes(p, 0);
-                        TRACE(("expandarg: rmescapes:'%s'\n", p));
-                }
                 sp = stzalloc(sizeof(*sp));
                 sp->text = p;
                 *exparg.lastp = sp;