diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/markdownUtils.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/markdownUtils.js
index 82df8dfe0..34fcc0fe6 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/markdownUtils.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/markdownUtils.js
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ const listRegex = /^(\s*)([*+-] \[[x ]\]\s|[*+-]\s|(\d+)([.)]))(\s*)/;
 const emptyListRegex = /^(\s*)([*+-] \[[x ]\]|[*+-]|(\d+)[.)])(\s*)$/;
 
 const markdownUtils = {
-	// Not really escaping because that's not supported by marked.js
-	escapeLinkText(text) {
-		return text.replace(/(\[|\]|\(|\))/g, '_');
-	},
-
 	// Titles for markdown links only need escaping for [ and ]
 	escapeTitleText(text) {
 		return text.replace(/(\[|\])/g, '\\$1');
diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/models/Resource.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/models/Resource.js
index 1737278d0..daf625c60 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/models/Resource.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/models/Resource.js
@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ class Resource extends BaseItem {
 		const lines = [];
 		if (Resource.isSupportedImageMimeType(resource.mime)) {
 			lines.push('![');
-			lines.push(markdownUtils.escapeLinkText(tagAlt));
+			lines.push(markdownUtils.escapeTitleText(tagAlt));
 			lines.push(`](:/${resource.id})`);
 		} else {
 			lines.push('[');
-			lines.push(markdownUtils.escapeLinkText(tagAlt));
+			lines.push(markdownUtils.escapeTitleText(tagAlt));
 			lines.push(`](:/${resource.id})`);
 		}
 		return lines.join('');
diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js
index 28c8f02cb..fe571aac6 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/shim-init-node.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function shimInit() {
 		}, options);
 
 		const { basename } = require('path');
-		const { escapeLinkText } = require('lib/markdownUtils');
+		const { escapeTitleText } = require('lib/markdownUtils');
 		const { toFileProtocolPath } = require('lib/path-utils');
 
 		let resource = null;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function shimInit() {
 		if (!options.createFileURL) {
 			newBody.push(Resource.markdownTag(resource));
 		} else {
-			const filename = escapeLinkText(basename(filePath)); // to get same filename as standard drag and drop
+			const filename = escapeTitleText(basename(filePath)); // to get same filename as standard drag and drop
 			const fileURL = `[${filename}](${toFileProtocolPath(filePath)})`;
 			newBody.push(fileURL);
 		}