diff --git a/json-parser.c b/json-parser.c
index 7624c0f9bd..e04932f907 100644
--- a/json-parser.c
+++ b/json-parser.c
@@ -247,8 +247,6 @@ static QString *qstring_from_escaped_str(JSONParserContext *ctxt, QObject *token
         }
     }
 
-    ptr++;
-
     return str;
 
 out: