diff --git a/src/std/text.ab b/src/std/text.ab
index 1d79401c..b93c0c37 100644
--- a/src/std/text.ab
+++ b/src/std/text.ab
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ pub fun replace(source, search, replace) {
     trust $ {nameof search}="\$\{{nameof search}//\\\\/\\\\\\\}" $
     if bash_version() >= 502 {
         trust $ {nameof replace}="\$\{{nameof replace}//\\\\/\\\\\\\\}" $
-    } else {
-        trust $ {nameof replace}="\$\{{nameof replace}//\\\\/\\\\}" $
     }
+
     return trust $ echo "\$\{{nameof source}//{search}/{replace}}" $
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/stdlib/text_replace.ab b/src/tests/stdlib/text_replace.ab
index 94b2a957..5a49ea19 100644
--- a/src/tests/stdlib/text_replace.ab
+++ b/src/tests/stdlib/text_replace.ab
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * from "std/text"
 // mono
 // di
 // tri
+
 main {
     echo replace("one one one", "one", "TWO")
     echo replace("a\\b\\c\\d", "\\", "\\\\")