diff --git a/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/office_word_hta.rb b/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/office_word_hta.rb
index a7469b4052..955229898c 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/office_word_hta.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/office_word_hta.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ##
 
 require 'msf/core'
-require 'rex/ole'
+
 
 class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
   Rank = NormalRanking
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
     uri = Rex::Text.hexify(Rex::Text.to_unicode(uri))
     uri.delete!("\n")
     uri.delete!("\\x")
+    uri.delete!("\\")
 
     padding_length = uri_maxlength * 2 - uri.length
     fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, "please use a uri < #{uri_maxlength} bytes ") if padding_length.negative?