diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl
index ece6ba2e43..8312c00d97 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl
@@ -46,16 +46,10 @@ sub run_test
 	append_to_file
 	  "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file4 with double\"quote",
 	  "in standby4";
-	append_to_file
-	  "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file5 with back\\slash",
-	  "in standby5";
-	append_to_file
-	  "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file6_with_backslash\\\"and_double-quote",
-	  "in standby6";
 	mkdir "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_subdir/";
 	append_to_file
-	  "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_subdir/standby_file7",
-	  "in standby7";
+	  "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_subdir/standby_file5",
+	  "in standby5";
 
 	mkdir "$test_primary_datadir/tst_primary_dir";
 	append_to_file "$test_primary_datadir/tst_primary_dir/primary_file1",
@@ -94,10 +88,8 @@ sub run_test
 			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file2",
 			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file3 with 'quotes'",
 			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file4 with double\"quote",
-			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file5 with back\\slash",
-			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file6_with_backslash\\\"and_double-quote",
 			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_subdir",
-			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_subdir/standby_file7"
+			"$test_primary_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_subdir/standby_file5"
 		],
 		"file lists match");