diff --git a/parser/query.lex b/parser/query.lex
index deb75c3418..e6b842d326 100644
--- a/parser/query.lex
+++ b/parser/query.lex
@@ -122,20 +122,6 @@ true|false                                          { yylval->string = strdup(yy
 
 [a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*                         { yylval->string = strdup(yytext); return TABLE_NAME; }
 
-\" { BEGIN(IN_TABLE_NAME); yylval->string=calloc(1, sizeof(char)); }
-<IN_TABLE_NAME>\\\" {
-  yylval->string = realloc(yylval->string, strlen(yylval->string) + 1);
-  strcat(yylval->string, "\"");
-}
-<IN_TABLE_NAME>\" {
-  BEGIN(INITIAL);
-  return TABLE_NAME;
-}
-<IN_TABLE_NAME>[^\\"]* {
-  yylval->string=realloc(yylval->string, strlen(yylval->string) + strlen(yytext) + 1);
-  strcat(yylval->string, yytext);
-}
-
 [:\[a-zA-Z0-9_][:\[\]a-zA-Z0-9._-]*                 { yylval->string = strdup(yytext); return INTO_NAME; }
 
 \'[^\']*\'                    {