diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalLinkHandler.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalLinkHandler.ts
index f1008a305ba86617da8f1b7c5df5b2e65363690c..d16a97535cc3d43417d6a28b3ab70bfcd2e197f7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalLinkHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalLinkHandler.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ const pathSeparatorClause = '\\/';
 // '":; are allowed in paths but they are often separators so ignore them
 // Also disallow \\ to prevent a catastropic backtracking case #24798
 const excludedPathCharactersClause = '[^\\0\\s!$`&*()\\[\\]+\'":;\\\\]';
-const escapedExcludedPathCharactersClause = '(\\\\s|\\\\!|\\\\$|\\\\`|\\\\&|\\\\*|(|)|\\+)';
 /** A regex that matches paths in the form /foo, ~/foo, ./foo, ../foo, foo/bar */
-const unixLocalLinkClause = '((' + pathPrefix + '|(' + excludedPathCharactersClause + '|' + escapedExcludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)?(' + pathSeparatorClause + '(' + excludedPathCharactersClause + '|' + escapedExcludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)+)';
+const unixLocalLinkClause = '((' + pathPrefix + '|(' + excludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)?(' + pathSeparatorClause + '(' + excludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)+)';
 
 const winDrivePrefix = '[a-zA-Z]:';
 const winPathPrefix = '(' + winDrivePrefix + '|\\.\\.?|\\~)';