diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/bibtexkeypattern/BibtexKeyGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/bibtexkeypattern/BibtexKeyGenerator.java
index d887ac16a15..3ebe7a909b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/bibtexkeypattern/BibtexKeyGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/bibtexkeypattern/BibtexKeyGenerator.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class BibtexKeyGenerator extends BracketedPattern {
      */
     public static final String APPENDIX_CHARACTERS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BibtexKeyGenerator.class);
-    private static final String KEY_ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS = "{}(),\\\"-#~^:'`ʹ";
+    private static final String KEY_ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS = "{}(),\\\"#~^:'`ʹ";
     private static final String KEY_UNWANTED_CHARACTERS = "{}(),\\\"-";
     private final AbstractBibtexKeyPattern citeKeyPattern;
     private final BibDatabase database;