diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index aee413235..569d58c43 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -833,17 +833,6 @@ def checkFile(filename):
     if not os.path.exists(filename):
         raise sqlmapFilePathException, "unable to read file '%s'" % filename
 
-def restoreDumpMarkedChars(value, onlyNewlineTab=False):
-    retVal = value
-
-    if isinstance(retVal, basestring):
-        retVal = retVal.replace(DUMP_NEWLINE_MARKER, "\n").replace(DUMP_CR_MARKER, "\r").replace(DUMP_TAB_MARKER, "\t")
-
-        if not onlyNewlineTab:
-            retVal = retVal.replace(DUMP_DEL_MARKER, ", ")
-
-    return retVal
-
 def banner():
     """
     This function prints sqlmap banner with its version
diff --git a/lib/core/dump.py b/lib/core/dump.py
index f2caeae24..e2ceab97d 100644
--- a/lib/core/dump.py
+++ b/lib/core/dump.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from lib.core.common import isListLike
 from lib.core.common import normalizeUnicode
 from lib.core.common import openFile
 from lib.core.common import prioritySortColumns
-from lib.core.common import restoreDumpMarkedChars
 from lib.core.common import safeCSValue
 from lib.core.common import unsafeSQLIdentificatorNaming
 from lib.core.data import conf
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ class Dump:
 
         kb.dataOutputFlag = True
 
-    def _formatString(self, inpStr):
-        return restoreDumpMarkedChars(getUnicode(inpStr))
-
     def setOutputFile(self):
         self._outputFile = "%s%slog" % (conf.outputPath, os.sep)
         self._outputFP = codecs.open(self._outputFile, "ab", UNICODE_ENCODING)
@@ -74,7 +70,7 @@ class Dump:
         if isListLike(data):
             self.lister(header, data, sort)
         elif data:
-            data = self._formatString(getUnicode(data))
+            data = getUnicode(data)
 
             if data[-1] == '\n':
                 data = data[:-1]
diff --git a/lib/core/xmldump.py b/lib/core/xmldump.py
index dfd9df190..b4fabb146 100644
--- a/lib/core/xmldump.py
+++ b/lib/core/xmldump.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError
 
 from extra.prettyprint import prettyprint
 from lib.core.common import getUnicode
-from lib.core.common import restoreDumpMarkedChars
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ class XMLDump:
         if data is None :
             return self.__doc.createTextNode(u'')
         else :
-            escaped_data = saxutils.escape(self.__formatString(data), ENTITIES)
+            escaped_data = saxutils.escape(data, ENTITIES)
             return self.__doc.createTextNode(escaped_data)
 
     def __createAttribute(self,attrName,attrValue):
@@ -140,9 +139,6 @@ class XMLDump:
             attr.nodeValue = getUnicode(attrValue)
         return attr
 
-    def __formatString(self, inpStr):
-        return restoreDumpMarkedChars(getUnicode(inpStr))
-
     def string(self, header, data, sort=True):
         '''
         Adds string element to the xml.