diff --git a/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/move_const_to_impl.rs b/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/move_const_to_impl.rs
index 0e3a1e652b0..d848fce4be8 100644
--- a/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/move_const_to_impl.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/move_const_to_impl.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ use syntax::{
     SyntaxKind,
 };
 
-use crate::{
-    assist_context::{AssistContext, Assists},
-    utils,
-};
+use crate::assist_context::{AssistContext, Assists};
 
 // NOTE: Code may break if the self type implements a trait that has associated const with the same
 // name, but it's pretty expensive to check that (`hir::Impl::all_for_type()`) and we assume that's
@@ -130,9 +127,7 @@ pub(crate) fn move_const_to_impl(acc: &mut Assists, ctx: &AssistContext<'_>) ->
 
             let const_ = const_.clone_for_update();
             const_.reindent_to(indent);
-            let mut const_text = format!("\n{indent}{const_}{fixup}");
-            utils::escape_non_snippet(&mut const_text);
-            builder.insert(insert_offset, const_text);
+            builder.insert(insert_offset, format!("\n{indent}{const_}{fixup}"));
         },
     )
 }
@@ -443,39 +438,4 @@ impl S {
 "#,
         );
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn moved_const_body_is_escaped() {
-        // Note that the last argument is what *lsp clients would see* rather than
-        // what users would see. Unescaping happens thereafter.
-        check_assist(
-            move_const_to_impl,
-            r#"
-struct S;
-impl S {
-    fn f() -> usize {
-        /// doc comment
-        /// \\
-        /// ${snippet}
-        const C$0: &str = "\ and $1";
-
-        C.len()
-    }
-}
-"#,
-            r#"
-struct S;
-impl S {
-    /// doc comment
-    /// \\\\
-    /// \${snippet}
-    const C: &str = "\\ and \$1";
-
-    fn f() -> usize {
-        Self::C.len()
-    }
-}
-"#,
-        )
-    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ide-assists/src/utils.rs b/crates/ide-assists/src/utils.rs
index 63f467bd308..f323ebcf7a3 100644
--- a/crates/ide-assists/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-assists/src/utils.rs
@@ -208,23 +208,6 @@ pub(crate) fn render_snippet(_cap: SnippetCap, node: &SyntaxNode, cursor: Cursor
     }
 }
 
-/// Escapes text that should be rendered as-is, typically those that we're copy-pasting what the
-/// users wrote.
-///
-/// This function should only be used when the text doesn't contain snippet **AND** the text
-/// wouldn't be included in a snippet.
-pub(crate) fn escape_non_snippet(text: &mut String) {
-    // While we *can* escape `}`, we don't really have to in this specific case. We only need to
-    // escape it inside `${}` to disambiguate it from the ending token of the syntax, but after we
-    // escape every occurrence of `$`, we wouldn't have `${}` in the first place.
-    //
-    // This will break if the text contains snippet or it will be included in a snippet (hence doc
-    // comment). Compare `fn escape(buf)` in `render_snippet()` above, where the escaped text is
-    // included in a snippet.
-    stdx::replace(text, '\\', r"\\");
-    stdx::replace(text, '$', r"\$");
-}
-
 pub(crate) fn vis_offset(node: &SyntaxNode) -> TextSize {
     node.children_with_tokens()
         .find(|it| !matches!(it.kind(), WHITESPACE | COMMENT | ATTR))