diff --git a/README b/README
index b88fa14..2a7f3b3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ Similarly, "line match string" and "line replace string" are the search strings
 
 You may also use ui_print "<text>" to write messages back to the recovery during the modification process, and contains "<string>" "<substring>" to simplify string testing logic you might want in your script.
 
-Note: the "begin search string" and "end search string" arguments of replace_section and remove_section require any forward slashes (/) to be escaped.
-
 // Instructions
 
 1- Place zImage in the root (dtb should also go here for devices that require a custom one, both will fallback to the original if not included)
diff --git a/anykernel.sh b/anykernel.sh
index cb63d95..5c8d6d1 100755
--- a/anykernel.sh
+++ b/anykernel.sh
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ replace_string() {
 # replace_section <file> <begin search string> <end search string> <replacement string>
 replace_section() {
   line=`grep -n "$2" $1 | cut -d: -f1`;
-  sed -i "/${2}/,/${3}/d" $1;
+  sed -i "/${2//\//\\/}/,/${3//\//\\/}/d" $1;
   sed -i "${line}s;^;${4}\n;" $1;
 }
 
 # remove_section <file> <begin search string> <end search string>
 remove_section() {
-  sed -i "/${2}/,/${3}/d" $1;
+  sed -i "/${2//\//\\/}/,/${3//\//\\/}/d" $1;
 }
 
 # insert_line <file> <if search string> <before|after> <line match string> <inserted line>