Remove unnecessary escaping from runtest.py

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/runtest.py b/runtest.py
index c05e1c173..212d0a8a1 100755
--- a/runtest.py
+++ b/runtest.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ performs test discovery and processes tests according to options.
 import argparse
 import glob
 import os
-import re
 import stat
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -311,15 +310,6 @@ if sys.platform == 'win32':
         return buf.value
 
 
-_ws = re.compile(r'\s')
-
-def escape(s):
-    if _ws.search(s):
-        s = '"' + s + '"'
-    s = s.replace('\\', '\\\\')
-    return s
-
-
 if not catch_output:
     # Without any output suppressed, we let the subprocess
     # write its stuff freely to stdout/stderr.
@@ -784,7 +774,7 @@ def run_test(t, io_lock=None, run_async=True):
     if args.runner and t.path in unittests:
         # For example --runner TestUnit.TAPTestRunner
         command_args.append('--runner ' + args.runner)
-    t.command_args = [escape(args.python)] + command_args
+    t.command_args = [args.python] + command_args
     t.command_str = " ".join(t.command_args)
     if args.printcommand:
         if args.print_progress: