diff --git a/.changelog/3d35583634994f17915c859ae0c1f0f4.json b/.changelog/3d35583634994f17915c859ae0c1f0f4.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..298dd8bf10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3d35583634994f17915c859ae0c1f0f4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "id": "3d355836-3499-4f17-915c-859ae0c1f0f4",
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "description": "Remove invalid escaping of shared config values. All values in the shared config file will now be interpreted literally, save for fully-quoted strings which are unwrapped for legacy reasons.",
+    "modules": [
+        ".",
+        "config",
+        "internal/ini"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/ini/strings.go b/internal/ini/strings.go
index 661588c2276..ed77d083517 100644
--- a/internal/ini/strings.go
+++ b/internal/ini/strings.go
@@ -67,12 +67,8 @@ func unquote(s string) string {
 
 // applies various legacy conversions to property values:
 //   - remote wrapping single/doublequotes
-//   - expand escaped quote and newline sequences
 func legacyStrconv(s string) string {
 	s = unquote(s)
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, `\"`, `"`)
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, `\'`, `'`)
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, `\n`, "\n")
 	return s
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/ini/testdata/valid/escaped_profile b/internal/ini/testdata/valid/escaped_profile
deleted file mode 100644
index b3df9972171..00000000000
--- a/internal/ini/testdata/valid/escaped_profile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[ default ]
-foo = "\"bar\""
-baz = "qux\n"
diff --git a/internal/ini/testdata/valid/escaped_profile_expected b/internal/ini/testdata/valid/escaped_profile_expected
deleted file mode 100644
index 914d6860198..00000000000
--- a/internal/ini/testdata/valid/escaped_profile_expected
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "default": {
-        "foo": "\"bar\"",
-        "baz": "qux\n"
-    }
-}