diff --git a/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPaths.java b/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPaths.java
index 5a9e6a246..df46d3afc 100644
--- a/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPaths.java
+++ b/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPaths.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ protected void onSetReceiver() {
                 .setReceiver(new StreamFlattener())
                 .setReceiver(new StreamToTriples())
                 .setReceiver(tripleFilter)
-                .setReceiver(new ObjectTemplate<>("${p}\\t|\\t${o}"))
+                .setReceiver(new ObjectTemplate<>("${p}\t|\t${o}"))
                 .setReceiver(getReceiver());
     }
 
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPathsTest.java b/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPathsTest.java
index 7ac8c5dd8..2a871cae2 100644
--- a/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPathsTest.java
+++ b/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FindFixPathsTest.java
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public FindFixPathsTest() {
     @Test
     public void testShouldFindPaths() {
         verify(
-                "a\\t|\\tAn ETL test",
-                "c.2\\t|\\tETL what?");
+                "a\t|\tAn ETL test",
+                "c.2\t|\tETL what?");
     }
 
     private void processRecord() {