diff --git a/frontends/verilog/verilog_lexer.l b/frontends/verilog/verilog_lexer.l
index 40162b8d3..8148748d8 100644
--- a/frontends/verilog/verilog_lexer.l
+++ b/frontends/verilog/verilog_lexer.l
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ TIME_SCALE_SUFFIX [munpf]?s
 }
 
 \"		{ BEGIN(STRING); }
-<STRING>([^\\"]|\\.)+	{ yymore(); real_location = old_location; }
+<STRING>([^\"]|\\.)+	{ yymore(); real_location = old_location; }
 <STRING>\"	{
 	BEGIN(0);
 	char *yystr = strdup(yytext);
diff --git a/tests/verilog/bug5160.v b/tests/verilog/bug5160.v
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b141a360..000000000
--- a/tests/verilog/bug5160.v
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Regression test for bug mentioned in #5160:
-// https://github.com/YosysHQ/yosys/pull/5160#issuecomment-2983643084
-module top;
-    initial $display( "\\" );
-endmodule