diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffReplace.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffReplace.java
index 90a4ae2dfa6..5d945b0b8fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffReplace.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffReplace.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ protected void execute(final Event e) {
 				for (int x = 0; x < haystack.length; x++)
 					for (final Object n : needles) {
 						assert n != null;
-						haystack[x] = StringUtils.replace((String)haystack[x], (String)n, Matcher.quoteReplacement((String)replacement), caseSensitive);
+						haystack[x] = StringUtils.replace((String) haystack[x], (String) n, (String) replacement, caseSensitive);
 					}
 			}
 			this.haystack.change(e, haystack, ChangeMode.SET);
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/util/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/util/StringUtils.java
index fdd8769ab95..9776d00a1bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ public static boolean contains(final String haystack, final String needle, final
 	public static String replace(final String haystack, final String needle, final String replacement, final boolean caseSensitive) {
 		if (caseSensitive)
 			return "" + haystack.replace(needle, replacement);
-		return "" + haystack.replaceAll("(?ui)" + Pattern.quote(needle), replacement);
+		return "" + haystack.replaceAll("(?ui)" + Pattern.quote(needle), Matcher.quoteReplacement(replacement));
 	}
 	
 	public static String replaceFirst(final String haystack, final String needle, final String replacement, final boolean caseSensitive) {