diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
index 32ffb3df0..ea8fa71d2 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ export const addSingleLink = function (_start, _end, type) {
   if (linkTextObj !== undefined) {
     edge.text = sanitizeText(linkTextObj.text.trim());
 
-    edge.text = edge.text.replaceAll('\\"', '"');
     // strip quotes if string starts and ends with a quote
     if (edge.text[0] === '"' && edge.text[edge.text.length - 1] === '"') {
       edge.text = edge.text.substring(1, edge.text.length - 1);