diff --git a/spa/tools/spa-json-dump.c b/spa/tools/spa-json-dump.c
index 899f1eaab..89a533fb9 100644
--- a/spa/tools/spa-json-dump.c
+++ b/spa/tools/spa-json-dump.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void encode_string(FILE *f, const char *val, int len)
 		case '\f':
 			fprintf(f, "\\f");
 			break;
-		case '\\': case '"': case '/':
+		case '\\': case '"':
 			fprintf(f, "\\%c", v);
 			break;
 		default:
diff --git a/src/pipewire/properties.c b/src/pipewire/properties.c
index 095d92883..f68cff91b 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/properties.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/properties.c
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ static int encode_string(FILE *f, const char *val)
 			break;
 		case '\\':
 		case '"':
-		case '/':
 			len += fprintf(f, "\\%c", *val);
 		break;
 		default: