diff --git a/src/eitd/SIevents.cpp b/src/eitd/SIevents.cpp
index b58c00dcc..d4f994c32 100644
--- a/src/eitd/SIevents.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/SIevents.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ void SIevent::setName(const std::string &lang, const std::string &name)
 void SIevent::setName(unsigned int lang, const std::string &name)
 {
 	std::string tmp = name;
-	std::replace(tmp.begin(), tmp.end(), '\\n', ' ');
 	std::replace(tmp.begin(), tmp.end(), '\n', ' ');
 	std::replace(tmp.begin(), tmp.end(), '\t', ' ');
 
diff --git a/src/gui/channellist.cpp b/src/gui/channellist.cpp
index 44296613e..3adaf9961 100644
--- a/src/gui/channellist.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/channellist.cpp
@@ -1699,11 +1699,11 @@ void CChannelList::paintDetails(int index)
 		}
 
 		if (!(text2.empty())) {
-			text2 = str_replace("\\n", " ", text2);
 			while ( text2.find_first_of("[ -.+*#?=!$%&/]+") == 0 )
 				text2 = text2.substr( 1 );
 			text2 = text2.substr( 0, text2.find('\n') );
-#if 0 //FIXME: to discuss, eat too much cpu time if string long enough
+#if 0
+			// FIXME: to discuss, eat too much cpu time if string long enough
 			int pos = 0;
 			while ( ( pos != -1 ) && (g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_CHANNELLIST]->getRenderWidth(text2) > (full_width - 3*OFFSET_INNER_MID - noch_len) ) ) {
 				pos = text2.find_last_of(" ");
@@ -2767,10 +2767,6 @@ void CChannelList::processTextToArray(std::string text, int screening) // UTF-8
 	std::string	aktLine = "";
 	std::string	aktWord = "";
 	int	aktWidth = 0;
-
-	if(!text.empty())
-		text = str_replace("\\n", "\n", text);
-
 	text += ' ';
 	const char *text_= text.c_str();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/epgplus.cpp b/src/gui/epgplus.cpp
index 41702c43d..5266cc12c 100644
--- a/src/gui/epgplus.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/epgplus.cpp
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ void EpgPlus::ChannelEventEntry::paint(bool pisSelected, bool toggleColor)
 		std::string shortepg = shortEpgData.info1;
 		if(!shortepg.empty())
 		{
-			shortepg = str_replace("\\n", " ", shortepg);
 			shortepg = str_replace("\n", " ", shortepg);
 			shortepg = str_replace("\t", " ", shortepg);
 		}
diff --git a/src/gui/epgview.cpp b/src/gui/epgview.cpp
index b7dc121ff..e6477f9bd 100644
--- a/src/gui/epgview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/epgview.cpp
@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ void CEpgData::processTextToArray(std::string text, int screening, bool has_cove
 	std::string	aktLine = "";
 	std::string	aktWord = "";
 	int	aktWidth = 0;
-
-	if(!text.empty())
-		text = str_replace("\\n", "\n", text);
-
 	text += ' ';
 	char* text_= (char*) text.c_str();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/eventlist.cpp b/src/gui/eventlist.cpp
index e370cbdd9..0d8e156b0 100644
--- a/src/gui/eventlist.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/eventlist.cpp
@@ -880,9 +880,6 @@ void CEventList::paintDescription(int index)
 	else
 		infozone_text = g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_EPGLIST_NOEVENTS);
 
-	if(!infozone_text.empty())
-		infozone_text = str_replace("\\n", "\n", infozone_text);
-
 	infozone->setText(infozone_text, CTextBox::TOP, g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_EVENTLIST_EVENT]);
 	infozone->doPaintBg(false);
 	infozone->doPaintTextBoxBg(true);