diff --git a/generic/pgtclCmds.c b/generic/pgtclCmds.c
index 3ebf995..8a597c3 100644
--- a/generic/pgtclCmds.c
+++ b/generic/pgtclCmds.c
@@ -41,207 +41,6 @@ static int build_param_array(Tcl_Interp *interp, int nParams, Tcl_Obj *CONST obj
 
 static void report_connection_error(Tcl_Interp *interp, PGconn *conn);
 
-#ifdef TCL_ARRAYS
-
-#define ISOCTAL(c)		(((c) >= '0') && ((c) <= '7'))
-#define DIGIT(c)		((c) - '0')
-
-
-/*
- * translate_escape()
- *
- * This function performs in-place translation of a single C-style
- * escape sequence pointed by p. Curly braces { } and double-quote
- * are left escaped if they appear inside an array.
- * The value returned is the pointer to the last character (the one
- * just before the rest of the buffer).
- */
-
-static inline char *
-translate_escape(char *p, int isArray)
-{
-	char		c,
-			   *q,
-			   *s;
-
-#ifdef TCL_ARRAYS_DEBUG_ESCAPE
-	printf("   escape = '%s'\n", p);
-#endif
-	/* Address of the first character after the escape sequence */
-	s = p + 2;
-	switch (c = *(p + 1))
-	{
-		case '0':
-		case '1':
-		case '2':
-		case '3':
-		case '4':
-		case '5':
-		case '6':
-		case '7':
-			c = DIGIT(c);
-			if (ISOCTAL(*s))
-				c = (c << 3) + DIGIT(*s++);
-			if (ISOCTAL(*s))
-				c = (c << 3) + DIGIT(*s++);
-			*p = c;
-			break;
-		case 'b':
-			*p = '\b';
-			break;
-		case 'f':
-			*p = '\f';
-			break;
-		case 'n':
-			*p = '\n';
-			break;
-		case 'r':
-			*p = '\r';
-			break;
-		case 't':
-			*p = '\t';
-			break;
-		case 'v':
-			*p = '\v';
-			break;
-		case '\\':
-		case '{':
-		case '}':
-		case '"':
-
-			/*
-			 * Backslahes, curly braces and double-quotes are left escaped
-			 * if they appear inside an array. They will be unescaped by
-			 * Tcl in Tcl_AppendElement. The buffer position is advanced
-			 * by 1 so that the this character is not processed again by
-			 * the caller.
-			 */
-			if (isArray)
-				return p + 1;
-			else
-				*p = c;
-			break;
-		case '\0':
-
-			/*
-			 * This means a backslash at the end of the string. It should
-			 * never happen but in that case replace the \ with a \0 but
-			 * don't shift the rest of the buffer so that the caller can
-			 * see the end of the string and terminate.
-			 */
-			*p = c;
-			return p;
-			break;
-		default:
-
-			/*
-			 * Default case, store the escaped character over the
-			 * backslash and shift the buffer over itself.
-			 */
-			*p = c;
-	}
-	/* Shift the rest of the buffer over itself after the current char */
-	q = p + 1;
-	for (; *s;)
-		*q++ = *s++;
-	*q = '\0';
-#ifdef TCL_ARRAYS_DEBUG_ESCAPE
-	printf("   after  = '%s'\n", p);
-#endif
-	return p;
-}
-
-/*
- * tcl_value()
- *
- * This function does in-line conversion of a value returned by libpq
- * into a tcl string or into a tcl list if the value looks like the
- * representation of a postgres array.
- */
-
-static char *
-tcl_value(char *value)
-{
-	int			literal,
-				last;
-	char	   *p;
-
-	if (!value)
-		return NULL;
-
-
-#ifdef TCL_ARRAYS_DEBUG
-	printf("pq_value  = '%s'\n", value);
-#endif
-	last = strlen(value) - 1;
-	if ((last >= 1) && (value[0] == '{') && (value[last] == '}'))
-	{
-		/* Looks like an array, replace ',' with spaces */
-		/* Remove the outer pair of { }, the last first! */
-		value[last] = '\0';
-		value++;
-		literal = 0;
-		for (p = value; *p; p++)
-		{
-			if (!literal)
-			{
-				/* We are at the list level, look for ',' and '"' */
-				switch (*p)
-				{
-					case '"':	/* beginning of literal */
-						literal = 1;
-						break;
-					case ',':	/* replace the ',' with space */
-						*p = ' ';
-						break;
-				}
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				/* We are inside a C string */
-				switch (*p)
-				{
-					case '"':	/* end of literal */
-						literal = 0;
-						break;
-					case '\\':
-
-						/*
-						 * escape sequence, translate it
-						 */
-						p = translate_escape(p, 1);
-						break;
-				}
-			}
-			if (!*p)
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* Looks like a normal scalar value */
-		for (p = value; *p; p++)
-		{
-			if (*p == '\\')
-			{
-				/*
-				 * escape sequence, translate it
-				 */
-				p = translate_escape(p, 0);
-			}
-			if (!*p)
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-#ifdef TCL_ARRAYS_DEBUG
-	printf("tcl_value = '%s'\n\n", value);
-#endif
-	return value;
-}
-#else    /* TCL_ARRAYS */
-#define tcl_value(x) x
-#endif   /* TCL_ARRAYS */
-
 static Tcl_Encoding utf8encoding = NULL;
 
 /*
@@ -294,9 +93,6 @@ char *utfString(const char *externalString)
  * the returned field is actually null and, if so, the null string value
  * associated with the connection is returned.
  *
- * If array-into-list processing has been defined, it is also performed,
- * which is probably a bad idea, since it can be tricked by legitimate
- * data, but that's tcl_value's fault, if TCL_ARRAYS is defined.
  */
 
 static char *
@@ -323,7 +119,7 @@ PGgetvalue ( PGresult *result, char *nullString, int tupno, int fieldNumber )
 	}
 
 	/* string is not empty */
-	return tcl_value (string);
+	return string;
 }
 
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