Original patch as attached on the bugreport

src/util.c

@@ -1527,48 +1527,3 @@ Q_ (const char *s)
     return (sep != NULL) ? sep + 1 : result;
 }
 
-/* Unescape paths or other strings for e.g the internal cd  */
-char *
-unescape_string(const char *in) {
-    GString *str;
-    const char * src;
-    char *result;
-
-    str = g_string_new("");
-
-    for (src = in; *src != '\0'; src++) {
-        if (src[0] == '\\' && strchr(" !#$%&'()*;<>?[]`{|}~", src[1])) {
-            g_string_append_c(str, src[1]);
-            src++;
-        } else {
-            g_string_append_c(str, src[0]);
-        }
-    }
-
-    result = str->str;
-    g_string_free(str, FALSE);
-    return result;
-}
-/* To be compatible with the general posix command lines we have to escape *
- * strings for the command line											   */
-char *
-escape_string ( const char * in ) {
-	GString *str;
-	const char * src;
-	char *result;
-
-	str = g_string_new("");
-
-	for (src = in;src[0] != '\0';src++) {
-		if ( (src[-1] != '\\') && strchr(" !#$%&'()*;<>?[]`{|}~",src[0])) {
-			g_string_append_c(str,'\\');
-			g_string_append_c(str,src[0]);
-		} else {
-			g_string_append_c(str,src[0]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	result = str->str;
-	g_string_free(str, FALSE);
-	return result;
-}