diff --git a/scripts/pkg.sh b/scripts/pkg.sh
index 99eb7e18..90b23fd2 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkg.sh
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ cfg_section()
 	ini_section "$inifile" $@
 }
 
-cfg_escape()
-{
-	sed 's/\\/\\\\/g; s/\$/\\$/g; s/`/\\`/g'
-}
-
 scm_commit()
 {
 	case $SCM in
@@ -1108,7 +1103,7 @@ cmd_milk_install_log()
 				done
 				if [ "$content" ]; then
 					echo -e "$content" >&2
-					echo -e "\n$content" | cfg_escape >> $script
+					echo -e "\n$content" >> $script
 				fi
 				cat $script | grep -v '^#!/bin\|^$' | grep -q . || rm $script
 			done