diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h
index 689623e3..e1427863 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ int    xml_chardata_encode(char **escp, const char *fmt, ...);
 #endif
 int    xml_chardata_cbuf_append(cbuf *cb, char *str);
 int    uri_percent_decode(char *enc, char **str);
-int    nonprint_encode(char *orig, char **encp);
 
 const char *clicon_int2str(const map_str2int *mstab, int i);
 int    clicon_str2int(const map_str2int *mstab, char *str);
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_regex.c b/lib/src/clixon_regex.c
index 60034ff4..73448bdc 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_regex.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_regex.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
  *   \p{Z} Separators  [slp]?
  *   \p{S} Symbols     [mcko]?
  *   \p{O} Other       [cfon]?
+ * For non-printable, \n, \t, \r see https://www.regular-expressions.info/nonprint.html
  */
 int
 regexp_xsd2posix(char  *xsd,
@@ -124,6 +125,9 @@ regexp_xsd2posix(char  *xsd,
 	    case 'i': /* initial */
 		cprintf(cb, "[a-zA-Z_:]");
 		break;
+	    case 'n': /* non-printable \n */
+		cprintf(cb, "\n");
+		break;
 	    case 'p': /* category escape: \p{IsCategory} */
 		j = i+1;
 		if (j+2 < strlen(xsd) &&
@@ -161,12 +165,18 @@ regexp_xsd2posix(char  *xsd,
 		}
 		/* if syntax error, just leave it */
 		break;
+	    case 'r': /* non-printable */
+		cprintf(cb, "\r");
+		break;
 	    case 's':
 		cprintf(cb, "[ \t\r\n]");
 		break;
 	    case 'S':
 		cprintf(cb, "[^ \t\r\n]");
 		break;
+	    case 't': /* non-printable */
+		cprintf(cb, "\t");
+		break;
 	    case 'w': /* word */
 		//cprintf(cb, "[0-9a-zA-Z_\\\\-]")
 		cprintf(cb, "[^[:punct:][:space:][:cntrl:]]"); 
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_string.c b/lib/src/clixon_string.c
index 0e73b28a..d6004a32 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_string.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_string.c
@@ -646,83 +646,6 @@ uri_str2cvec(char  *string,
     goto done;
 }
 
-/*! Translate \n and others from \\n (two chars) to \n (one char)
- *
- * This is needed in yang regex it seems.
- * It was triggered by eg draft-wwlh-netconf-list-pagination-00 module example-social tagline
- *       leaf tagline {
- *         type string {
- *           length "1..80";
- *           pattern '.*[\n].*' {
- *             modifier invert-match;
- * @param[in]  orig  Original string eg with \\n
- * @param[out] enc   Encoded string with \n, malloced.
- *
- * @see https://www.regular-expressions.info/nonprint.html
- */
-int
-nonprint_encode(char  *orig, 
-		char **encp)
-{
-    int   retval = -1;
-    char *enc = NULL;
-    int   i;
-    int   j;
-    int   esc = 0;
-    char  c;
-    char  c1;
-
-    if (orig == NULL){
-	clicon_err(OE_UNIX, EINVAL, "orig is NULL");
-	goto done;
-    }
-    /* Encoded string is equal or shorter */
-    if ((enc = malloc(strlen(orig)+1)) == NULL){
-	clicon_err(OE_UNIX, errno, "strdup");
-	goto done;
-    }
-    j = 0;
-    for (i=0; i<strlen(orig); i++){
-	c = orig[i];
-	switch (c){
-	case '\\':
-	    /* Look ahead */
-	    if (i+1 < strlen(orig)){
-		c1 = orig[i+1]; 
-		switch (c1){
-		case 'n':
-		    enc[j++] = '\n';
-		    esc++;
-		    break;
-		case 't':
-		    enc[j++] = '\t';
-		    esc++;
-		    break;
-		case 'r':
-		    enc[j++] = '\r';
-		    esc++;
-		    break;
-		default:
-		    enc[j++] = c;
-		    break;
-		}
-	    }
-	    break;
-	default:
-	    if (esc)
-		esc = 0;		
-	    else
-		enc[j++] = c;
-	    break;
-	}
-    }
-    enc[j++] = '\0';
-    *encp = enc;
-    retval = 0;
- done:
-    return retval;
-}
-
 /*! Map from int to string using str2int map
  * @param[in] ms   String, integer map
  * @param[in] i    Input integer
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_yang_parse_lib.c b/lib/src/clixon_yang_parse_lib.c
index 6f480877..28c52d68 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_yang_parse_lib.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_yang_parse_lib.c
@@ -1896,18 +1896,6 @@ ys_parse_sub(yang_stmt *ys,
 	    goto done;
 	}
 	break;
-    case Y_PATTERN:{
-	char *s0;
-	char *s1 = NULL;
-	/* Replace \\n with \n */
-	s0 = yang_argument_get(ys);
-	if (nonprint_encode(s0, &s1) < 0)
-	    goto done;
-	yang_argument_set(ys, s1);
-	if (s0)
-	    free(s0);
-	break;
-    }
     case Y_UNKNOWN:{ /* save (optional) argument in ys_cv */
 	if (extra == NULL)
 	    break;