diff --git a/doc/texi2pod.pl b/doc/texi2pod.pl
index 5e8814feff..a057651175 100755
--- a/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ INF: while(<$inf>) {
     s/\@TeX\{\}/TeX/g;
     s/\@pounds\{\}/\#/g;
     s/\@minus(?:\{\})?/-/g;
-    s/\\,/,/g;
 
     # Now the ones that have to be replaced by special escapes
     # (which will be turned back into text by unmunge())