diff --git a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php
index d914b63ffcd05a6bd574682d54b9c7efdc4ffcb1..e5c20133fa00044761f2c7e373da49eb01c45b23 100644
--- a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php
+++ b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ class Phrase
         preg_match_all('/[^\\\\]' . $encloseQuote . '|' . $encloseQuote . '[^\\\\]/', $string, $matches);
         if (count($matches[0])) {
             $string = preg_replace('/([^\\\\])' . $encloseQuote . ' ?\. ?' . $encloseQuote . '/', '$1', $string);
-            $string = addslashes($string);
         }
         return $string;
     }