diff --git a/pegjs/sqlite.pegjs b/pegjs/sqlite.pegjs
index ab6a1b9d..2a08248b 100644
--- a/pegjs/sqlite.pegjs
+++ b/pegjs/sqlite.pegjs
@@ -2634,26 +2634,11 @@ single_quote_char
   / escape_char
 
 single_char
-  = [^'\\] // remove \0-\x1F\x7f pnCtrl char [^'\\\0-\x1F\x7f]
+  = [^'] // remove \0-\x1F\x7f pnCtrl char [^'\\\0-\x1F\x7f]
   / escape_char
 
 escape_char
-  = "\\'"  { return "\\'";  }
-  / '\\"'  { return '\\"';  }
-  / "\\\\" { return "\\\\"; }
-  / "\\/"  { return "\\/";  }
-  / "\\b"  { return "\b"; }
-  / "\\f"  { return "\f"; }
-  / "\\n"  { return "\n"; }
-  / "\\r"  { return "\r"; }
-  / "\\t"  { return "\t"; }
-  / "\\u" h1:hexDigit h2:hexDigit h3:hexDigit h4:hexDigit {
-      return String.fromCharCode(parseInt("0x" + h1 + h2 + h3 + h4));
-    }
-  / "\\" { return "\\"; }
-  / "''" { return "''" }
-  / '""' { return '""' }
-  / '``' { return '``' }
+  = "''"
 
 line_terminator
   = [\n\r]
diff --git a/test/sqlite.spec.js b/test/sqlite.spec.js
index dda7d384..3933684f 100644
--- a/test/sqlite.spec.js
+++ b/test/sqlite.spec.js
@@ -266,7 +266,11 @@ describe('sqlite', () => {
     })
   })
   it('should support LIKE with ESCAPE', () => {
-    const sql = `SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE '%pattern%' ESCAPE '\'`
-    expect(getParsedSql(sql)).to.be.equal(`SELECT * FROM "table_name" WHERE "column_name" LIKE '%pattern%' ESCAPE '\'`)
+    const sql = `SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE '%pattern%' ESCAPE 'x'`
+    expect(getParsedSql(sql)).to.be.equal(`SELECT * FROM "table_name" WHERE "column_name" LIKE '%pattern%' ESCAPE 'x'`)
+  })
+  it('should allow single backslash without escaping', () => {
+    const sql = `SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE '\\_%' ESCAPE '\\'`
+    expect(getParsedSql(sql)).to.be.equal(`SELECT * FROM "table_name" WHERE "column_name" LIKE '\\_%' ESCAPE '\\'`)
   })
 })