diff --git a/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php b/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
index 978b8eafccce7d52121fc6475356bc0ec33bfc5b..9bda654ce34f71a33903cb2eea8a3f59a2d36b04 100644
--- a/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
+++ b/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ class PAIA extends DAIA
     protected function paiaPostRequest($file, $data_to_send, $access_token = null)
     {
         // json-encoding
-        $postData = stripslashes(json_encode($data_to_send));
+        $postData = json_encode($data_to_send);
 
         $http_headers = [];
         if (isset($access_token)) {