diff --git a/src/richtext/richtextctrl.cpp b/src/richtext/richtextctrl.cpp
index a795c052f7..6e81260692 100644
--- a/src/richtext/richtextctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/richtext/richtextctrl.cpp
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ void wxRichTextCtrl::SelectNone()
 
 static bool wxIsWordDelimiter(const wxString& text)
 {
-    static wxString delimiters = wxT(" ,.:;!?-\"'~£$%^&*()_+-=`¬{}[]@#<>/\\|");
+    static wxString delimiters = wxT(" ,.:;!?-\"'~£$%^&*()_+-={}[]@#<>/\\|");
     return !text.IsEmpty() && delimiters.Find(text) != wxNOT_FOUND;
 }