diff --git a/acqui/updatesupplier.pl b/acqui/updatesupplier.pl
index f06ef80e2c..43d3260fb6 100755
--- a/acqui/updatesupplier.pl
+++ b/acqui/updatesupplier.pl
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ my %data;
 $data{'id'}=$input->param('id');
 
 $data{'name'}=$input->param('company');
-$data{'name'}=~ s/\'/\\\'/g;
 $data{'postal'}=$input->param('company_postal');
 my $address=$input->param('physical');
 my @addresses=split('\n',$address);