diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinter.java b/src/main/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinter.java
index eaac943a..b9ffb1dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinter.java
@@ -122,54 +122,4 @@ private String printPossibleComment(final YamlNode node) {
         }
         return wrtr.toString();
     }
-
-    /**
-     * A scalar which escapes its value.
-     * @author Mihai Andronache (amihaiemil@gmail.com)
-     * @version $Id$
-     * @since 4.3.1
-     * @checkstyle LineLength (100 lines)
-     */
-    static class Escaped extends BaseScalar {
-
-        /**
-         * Original unescaped scalar.
-         */
-        private final Scalar original;
-
-        /**
-         * Ctor.
-         * @param original Unescaped scalar.
-         */
-        Escaped(final Scalar original) {
-            this.original = original;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String value() {
-            final String value = this.original.value();
-            String toEscape;
-            if(value == null) {
-                toEscape = "null";
-            } else {
-                toEscape = value;
-            }
-            boolean alreadyEscaped = (toEscape.startsWith("'") && toEscape.endsWith("'"))
-                || (toEscape.startsWith("\"") && toEscape.endsWith("\""));
-            final String needsEscaping = ".*[?\\-#:>|$%&{}\\[\\]@`!*,'\"]+.*|[ ]+|null";
-            if (!alreadyEscaped && toEscape.matches(needsEscaping)) {
-                if(toEscape.contains("\"")) {
-                    toEscape = "'" + toEscape + "'";
-                } else {
-                    toEscape = "\"" + toEscape + "\"";
-                }
-            }
-            return toEscape;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Comment comment() {
-            return this.original.comment();
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinterTest.java
index 82486045..be124b43 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amihaiemil/eoyaml/RtYamlPrinterTest.java
@@ -79,33 +79,4 @@ public void writerIsBeingClosed() throws Exception {
             );
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * {@link RtYamlPrinter.Escaped} escapes values when encounter special
-     * characters or when there are quotations inside and ignores when the
-     * values are already escaped with
-     * <code>"</code> or <code>'</code>.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void escapesWhenEncounterSpecialChars(){
-        MatcherAssert.assertThat(new RtYamlPrinter
-                .Escaped(new PlainStringScalar("Some value?")).value(),
-            Matchers.equalTo("\"Some value?\""));
-        MatcherAssert.assertThat(new RtYamlPrinter
-                .Escaped(new PlainStringScalar("Some value-")).value(),
-            Matchers.equalTo("\"Some value-\""));
-        MatcherAssert.assertThat(new RtYamlPrinter
-                .Escaped(new PlainStringScalar("Some value#")).value(),
-            Matchers.equalTo("\"Some value#\""));
-        MatcherAssert.assertThat(new RtYamlPrinter
-                .Escaped(new PlainStringScalar("'Some value'")).value(),
-            Matchers.equalTo("'Some value'"));
-        MatcherAssert.assertThat(new RtYamlPrinter
-                .Escaped(new PlainStringScalar("Some \"value\"|"))
-                .value(),
-            Matchers.equalTo("'Some \"value\"|'"));
-        MatcherAssert.assertThat(new RtYamlPrinter
-                .Escaped(new PlainStringScalar("\"Some value\"")).value(),
-            Matchers.equalTo("\"Some value\""));
-    }
 }