diff --git a/src/services/navigationBar.ts b/src/services/navigationBar.ts
index 57bf910efda..5f826a1a78f 100644
--- a/src/services/navigationBar.ts
+++ b/src/services/navigationBar.ts
@@ -713,6 +713,6 @@ namespace ts.NavigationBar {
         // \r - Carriage Return
         // \u2028 - Line separator
         // \u2029 - Paragraph separator
-        return text.replace(/\\?(\r?\n|\r|\u2028|\u2029)/g, "");
+        return text.replace(/\\(\r?\n|\r|\u2028|\u2029)/g, "");
     }
 }