diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/autocompleter.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/autocompleter.cpp
index 1cc4a9ee561..4a5d502801c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/autocompleter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/autocompleter.cpp
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ bool AutoCompleter::autoBackspace(QTextCursor &cursor)
     QTextDocument *doc = cursor.document();
     const QChar lookAhead = doc->characterAt(pos);
     const QChar lookBehind = doc->characterAt(pos - 1);
+    const QChar lookFurtherBehind = doc->characterAt(pos - 2);
 
     const QChar character = lookBehind;
     if (character == QLatin1Char('(') || character == QLatin1Char('[')) {
@@ -240,7 +241,11 @@ bool AutoCompleter::autoBackspace(QTextCursor &cursor)
 
     // ### this code needs to be generalized
     if    ((lookBehind == QLatin1Char('(') && lookAhead == QLatin1Char(')'))
-        || (lookBehind == QLatin1Char('[') && lookAhead == QLatin1Char(']'))) {
+        || (lookBehind == QLatin1Char('[') && lookAhead == QLatin1Char(']'))
+        || (lookBehind == QLatin1Char('"') && lookAhead == QLatin1Char('"')
+            && lookFurtherBehind != QLatin1Char('\\'))
+        || (lookBehind == QLatin1Char('\'') && lookAhead == QLatin1Char('\'')
+            && lookFurtherBehind != QLatin1Char('\\'))) {
         if (! isInComment(c)) {
             cursor.beginEditBlock();
             cursor.deleteChar();