diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 1cce91e91a314..acabb0e7b6e7c 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ def _try_json_readsha(  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Your App secret key
-SECRET_KEY = (
-    "\2\1thisismyscretkey\1\2\e\y\y\h"  # pylint: disable=anomalous-backslash-in-string
-)
+SECRET_KEY = "\2\1thisismyscretkey\1\2\\e\\y\\y\\h"
 
 # The SQLAlchemy connection string.
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "superset.db")
diff --git a/superset/models/helpers.py b/superset/models/helpers.py
index d903d271a1499..3fdcd9702cfb2 100644
--- a/superset/models/helpers.py
+++ b/superset/models/helpers.py
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@
 def json_to_dict(json_str: str) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
     if json_str:
         val = re.sub(",[ \t\r\n]+}", "}", json_str)
-        val = re.sub(
-            ",[ \t\r\n]+\]", "]", val  # pylint: disable=anomalous-backslash-in-string
-        )
+        val = re.sub(",[ \t\r\n]+\\]", "]", val)
         return json.loads(val)
 
     return {}