From 08d791e6370c6406e28021a89c2877c3ccdb1249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Jain <dominik.jain@oraios-ai.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:35:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: With changes from #846, backslashes in repl must no
 longer be escaped

---
 src/serena/tools/file_tools.py | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/serena/tools/file_tools.py b/src/serena/tools/file_tools.py
index fc3d3184..09e7a0e3 100644
--- a/src/serena/tools/file_tools.py
+++ b/src/serena/tools/file_tools.py
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ class ReplaceContentTool(Tool, ToolMarkerCanEdit):
 
             regex_flags = re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE
 
-            # escape backslashes in repl
-            repl = repl.replace("\\", "\\\\")
-
             # create replacement function with validation and backreference handling
             repl_fn = self._create_replacement_function(regex, repl, regex_flags=regex_flags)