diff --git a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
index 2c1d303f66..16bc8d30f6 100644
--- a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
 }
 
 static const char *json1 =
-"[1.10000000,{\"key1\":\"str\\u0000\",\"key2\":800,\"key3\":{\"name\":\"martian\"}}]";
+"[1.10000000,{\"key1\":\"str\\u0000\",\"key2\":800,\"key3\":{\"name\":\"martian http://test.com\"}}]";
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_readwrite)
 {
diff --git a/src/univalue/gen.cpp b/src/univalue/gen.cpp
index abebe88634..5e5a4d4aed 100644
--- a/src/univalue/gen.cpp
+++ b/src/univalue/gen.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ static void initJsonEscape()
 {
     escapes[(int)'"'] = "\\\"";
     escapes[(int)'\\'] = "\\\\";
-    escapes[(int)'/'] = "\\/";
     escapes[(int)'\b'] = "\\b";
     escapes[(int)'\f'] = "\\f";
     escapes[(int)'\n'] = "\\n";
diff --git a/src/univalue/univalue_escapes.h b/src/univalue/univalue_escapes.h
index 0514118285..4133b24ca1 100644
--- a/src/univalue/univalue_escapes.h
+++ b/src/univalue/univalue_escapes.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static const char *escapes[256] = {
 	NULL,
 	NULL,
 	NULL,
-	"\\/",
+	NULL,
 	NULL,
 	NULL,
 	NULL,