diff --git a/R/read_delim.R b/R/read_delim.R
index f0a32ef9..f1137628 100644
--- a/R/read_delim.R
+++ b/R/read_delim.R
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ read_tsv <- function(file, col_names = TRUE, col_types = NULL,
     skip_empty_rows = skip_empty_rows,
     trim_ws = trim_ws,
     escape_double = TRUE,
-    escape_backslash = TRUE,
+    escape_backslash = FALSE,
     locale = locale,
     guess_max = guess_max,
     show_col_types = show_col_types,