diff --git a/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_details.php b/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_details.php
index 6f3a599932..73b6456259 100644
--- a/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_details.php
+++ b/app/xml_cdr/xml_cdr_details.php
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
 //parse the xml to get the call detail record info
 	try {
 		if ($format == 'json') {
-			$json_string = stripcslashes($json_string);
 			$array = json_decode($json_string,true);
 		}
 		if ($format == 'xml') {