diff --git a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php
index 388ece942db642a97fe5a6be9796d9fd09375ccc..1c7347f28928e295a030e4fdc5b13df109f1ca28 100644
--- a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php
+++ b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Module/I18n/Dictionary/Phrase.php
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ class Phrase
             $string = preg_replace('/([^\\\\])' . $encloseQuote . ' ?\. ?' . $encloseQuote . '/', '$1', $string);
             $string = addslashes($string);
         }
-        $evalString = 'return ' . $encloseQuote . $string . $encloseQuote . ';';
-        $result = @eval($evalString);
-        return is_string($result) ? $result :  $string;
+        return $string;
     }
 }