diff --git a/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c b/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c
index 4553154..02ce1a3 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c
@@ -88,12 +88,7 @@ pkgconf_argv_split(const char *src, int *argc, char ***argv)
 				*dst_iter++ = *src_iter;
 			}
 			else
-			{
-				if (*src_iter == '\\')
-					*dst_iter++ = '\\';
-
 				*dst_iter++ = *src_iter;
-			}
 
 			escaped = false;
 		}
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ pkgconf_argv_split(const char *src, int *argc, char ***argv)
 		{
 			if (*src_iter == quote)
 				quote = 0;
-			else if (*src_iter == '\\')
+			else if (*src_iter == '\\' && quote != '\'')
 				escaped = true;
 			else
 				*dst_iter++ = *src_iter;
diff --git a/libpkgconf/fragment.c b/libpkgconf/fragment.c
index 7b66756..1ea91ee 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/fragment.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/fragment.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ fragment_should_quote(const pkgconf_fragment_t *frag)
 		    (*src > 'Z' && *src < '^') ||
 		    (*src == '`') ||
 		    (*src > 'z' && *src < '~') ||
-		    (*src > '~')) && *src != '\\')
+		    (*src > '~')))
 			return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/parser.sh b/tests/parser.sh
index 5415641..0048633 100755
--- a/tests/parser.sh
+++ b/tests/parser.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ escaped_backslash_body()
 {
 	atf_check \
 		-e ignore \
-		-o inline:"-IC:\\\\\\\\A \n" \
+		-o inline:"'-IC:\\A' \n" \
 		pkgconf --with-path=${selfdir}/lib1 --cflags escaped-backslash
 }