--- src/filecomplete.c.orig	2022-06-11 17:57:59.000000000 +1000
+++ src/filecomplete.c	2022-10-22 16:09:42.000000000 +1100
@@ -130,34 +130,7 @@ fn_tilde_expand(const char *txt)
 static int
 needs_escaping(wchar_t c)
 {
-	switch (c) {
-	case '\'':
-	case '"':
-	case '(':
-	case ')':
-	case '\\':
-	case '<':
-	case '>':
-	case '$':
-	case '#':
-	case ' ':
-	case '\n':
-	case '\t':
-	case '?':
-	case ';':
-	case '`':
-	case '@':
-	case '=':
-	case '|':
-	case '{':
-	case '}':
-	case '&':
-	case '*':
-	case '[':
-		return 1;
-	default:
 		return 0;
-	}
 }
 
 static int