1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el
index 46850958267..021b6222397 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el
@@ -302,13 +302,7 @@ Point is left at the end of the arguments."
   "Intelligently backslash the character occurring in STRING at INDEX.
 If the character is itself a backslash, it needs no escaping."
   (let ((char (aref string index)))
-    (if (and (eq char ?\\)
-             ;; In Emacs directory-sep-char is always ?/, so this does nothing.
-             (not (and (featurep 'xemacs)
-                       (featurep 'mswindows)
-                       (eq directory-sep-char ?\\)
-                       (eq (1- (string-width string))
-                           index))))
+    (if (eq char ?\\)
         (char-to-string char)
       (if (memq char eshell-special-chars-outside-quoting)
           (string ?\\ char)))))