diff --git a/src/annotations/autolinks.ts b/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
index 741b59e..b6427c9 100644
--- a/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
+++ b/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
@@ -479,13 +479,3 @@ function ensureCachedRegex(ref: CacheableAutolinkReference, outputFormat: 'html'
 
 	return true;
 }
-
-function escapeQuotesInLinkTitleMarkdown(s: string) {
-	// Skip the first and last quotes
-	return s.replace(/(?!^)".*?(?!$)"/g, match => match.replace(/"/g, '\\"'));
-}
-
-function escapeQuotesInLinkTitleHtml(s: string) {
-	// Skip the first and last quotes
-	return s.replace(/(?!^)".*?(?!$)"/g, match => match.replace(/"/g, '"'));
-}