diff --git a/common/readline.c b/common/readline.c
index 76ed6926..5106172c 100644
--- a/common/readline.c
+++ b/common/readline.c
@@ -5,17 +5,24 @@
 char *read_line(FILE *file) {
 	size_t length = 0, size = 128;
 	char *string = malloc(size);
+	char lastChar = '\0';
 	if (!string) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	while (1) {
 		int c = getc(file);
+		if (c == '\n' && lastChar == '\\'){
+			--length; // Ignore last character.
+			lastChar = '\0';
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (c == EOF || c == '\n' || c == '\0') {
 			break;
 		}
 		if (c == '\r') {
 			continue;
 		}
+		lastChar = c;
 		if (length == size) {
 			char *new_string = realloc(string, size *= 2);
 			if (!new_string) {
diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index c1eec22f..15108123 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -455,11 +455,10 @@ bool load_include_configs(const char *path, struct sway_config *config) {
 
 bool read_config(FILE *file, struct sway_config *config) {
 	bool success = true;
-	bool multiline = false;
 	enum cmd_status block = CMD_BLOCK_END;
 
 	int line_number = 0;
-	char *line, *mlinebuf = NULL;
+	char *line;
 	while (!feof(file)) {
 		line = read_line(file);
 		line_number++;
@@ -468,45 +467,6 @@ bool read_config(FILE *file, struct sway_config *config) {
 			free(line);
 			continue;
 		}
-		size_t length = strlen(line);
-		if (line[length-1] == '\\') {
-			// Start of multiline
-			if (feof(file)){
-				sway_log(L_ERROR, "Error on line %i '%s': Unexpected EOF on "\
-						"multiline command", line_number, line);
-				free(line);
-				continue;
-			}
-			line[length-1] = '\0';
-			multiline = true;
-		} else
-			multiline = false;
-
-		if (multiline || mlinebuf){
-			size_t mlinebuf_length;
-			if (mlinebuf)
-				mlinebuf_length = strlen(mlinebuf);
-			else
-				mlinebuf_length = 0;
-
-			char *tmp = malloc(mlinebuf_length+length+1); // + '\0'
-			tmp[0]='\0'; // if mlinebuf_length==0 strncpy won't do anything. Make a null string.
-			strncpy(tmp, mlinebuf, mlinebuf_length);
-			tmp[mlinebuf_length]='\0'; // strncpy won't add '\0' at the end...
-			strcat(tmp, line);
-			if (mlinebuf)
-				free(mlinebuf);
-			free(line);
-			mlinebuf = tmp;
-			if (multiline) // The following line is part of a multi line config.
-				continue;
-			else {         // This is the last line of a multi line config.
-				line = mlinebuf;
-				sway_log(L_INFO, "Processing parsed multiline command '%s'", line);
-				mlinebuf = NULL;
-			}
-		}
-
 		struct cmd_results *res = config_command(line, block);
 		switch(res->status) {
 		case CMD_FAILURE: