diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
index 0148ff5da35b0..517bd3554089d 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
@@ -472,9 +472,6 @@ public Object executeScript(String script, Object... args) {
           "You must be using an underlying instance of WebDriver that supports executing javascript");
     }
 
-    // Escape the quote marks
-    script = script.replaceAll("\"", "\\\"");
-
     List<Object> convertedArgs = Stream.of(args).map(new WebElementToJsonConverter()).collect(
         Collectors.toList());
 
@@ -488,9 +485,6 @@ public Object executeAsyncScript(String script, Object... args) {
           "WebDriver that supports executing javascript");
     }
 
-    // Escape the quote marks
-    script = script.replaceAll("\"", "\\\"");
-
     List<Object> convertedArgs = Stream.of(args).map(new WebElementToJsonConverter()).collect(
         Collectors.toList());
 
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpCommandCodec.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpCommandCodec.java
index 7f60dba947ff6..d1e6e9f66abb3 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpCommandCodec.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpCommandCodec.java
@@ -351,9 +351,6 @@ private List<String> stringToUtf8Array(String toConvert) {
   }
 
   private Map<String, ?> toScript(String script, Object... args) {
-    // Escape the quote marks
-    script = script.replaceAll("\"", "\\\"");
-
     List<Object> convertedArgs = Stream.of(args).map(new WebElementToJsonConverter()).collect(
         Collectors.toList());