diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 7e565ebb..2a122d57 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1004,9 +1004,8 @@ Andreas Mair <amair.sob@googlemail.com>
  for fixing initializing the timer's flags in the cTimer copy constructor
  for reporting a crash in case CutRecording() is called from a plugin
  for fixing the type of MBperMinute in cVideoDiskUsage::HasChanged()
- for reporting a bug in sorting recordings in case the locale ignores non-alphanumeric
- characters, or if two folders have the same name, but one of them ends in an
- additional digit, as in "abc" and "abc2"
+ for reporting a bug in sorting recordings in case two folders have the same name,
+ but one of them ends in an additional digit, as in "abc" and "abc2"
 
 Olivier Jacques <jacquesolivier@hotmail.com>)
  for translating OSD texts to the French language
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index ddb9ab9c..05469c6e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7513,9 +7513,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   parameter ONEDIR=1 (using Make.config) to have all files in one /video directory as
   before.
 - Fixed the example for cReceiver in PLUGINS.html.
-- Fixed sorting recordings in case the locale ignores non-alphanumeric characters,
-  or if two folders have the same name, but one of them ends in an additional digit,
-  as in "abc" and "abc2" (reported by Andreas Mair).
+- Fixed sorting recordings in case two folders have the same name, but one of them
+  ends in an additional digit, as in "abc" and "abc2" (reported by Andreas Mair).
 - Added "repeat" function when using the keyboard to control VDR (thanks to Reinhard
   Nissl).
 - The SVDRP command LSTR now knows the additional parameter "path", which can be
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 09c238df..9cd05223 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 2.82 2013/01/13 11:47:44 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 2.83 2013/01/16 14:17:44 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -841,12 +841,6 @@ char *cRecording::SortName(void) const
      char *s = (RecordingsSortMode == rsmName) ? strdup(FileName() + strlen(VideoDirectory))
                                               : StripEpisodeName(strdup(FileName() + strlen(VideoDirectory)));
      strreplace(s, '/', '0'); // some locales ignore '/' when sorting
-     for (char *p = s; *p; p++) {
-         if (*p == '/')
-            *p = '0'; // some locales ignore '/' when sorting
-         else if (*p < '0')
-            *p = ' '; // avoids multiple occurences of the same folder in case the locale ignores non-alphanumeric characters when sorting
-         }
      int l = strxfrm(NULL, s, 0) + 1;
      *sb = MALLOC(char, l);
      strxfrm(*sb, s, l);