diff --git a/lib/filters/console_spec_filter.js b/lib/filters/console_spec_filter.js
index e3cf6bd1..0b92ad9a 100644
--- a/lib/filters/console_spec_filter.js
+++ b/lib/filters/console_spec_filter.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = exports = ConsoleSpecFilter;
 
 function ConsoleSpecFilter(options) {
-  var filterString = options && options.filterString && options.filterString.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, '\\$&');
+  var filterString = options && options.filterString;
   var filterPattern = new RegExp(filterString);
 
   this.matches = function(specName) {
     return filterPattern.test(specName);
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}