diff --git a/parser/go.g b/parser/go.g
--- a/parser/go.g
+++ b/parser/go.g
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@
   ("\\u"[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]) |
     ("\\U"[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]
       [0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]) |
-     -- ("\\a")|("\\b")|("\\f")|("\\n")|("\\r")|("\\t")|("\\v")|("\\\\")|("\\\'")|("\\\"") | ({alphabetic} | {num} | [.^\'] )		-> unicode_value;
-     ("\\a")|("\\b")|("\\f")|("\\n")|("\\r")|("\\t")|("\\v")|("\\\\")|("\\\'")|("\\\"") | ({alphabetic} | {num} | . )		-> unicode_value;
+      ("\\a")|("\\b")|("\\f")|("\\n")|("\\r")|("\\t")|("\\v")|("\\\\")|("\\\'")|("\\\"") | ({alphabetic} | {num} | [.^\'] )		-> unicode_value;
      
 --because of problems with utf-8 add this rule for now
 --disregard that, utf8 works fine
diff --git a/parser/test/parsertest.cpp b/parser/test/parsertest.cpp
--- a/parser/test/parsertest.cpp
+++ b/parser/test/parsertest.cpp
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@
 
 void ParserTest::testRunes()
 {
-    //@TODO stuff like ''' shouldn't actually be accepted, try fixing rune lexer rule in go.g
-    QByteArray code = "'\\'   '\"'   '~'   '_'  '0'  'a'  '\''   'щ'  '''  ";
+    QByteArray code = "'\\'   '\"'   '~'   '_'  '0'  'a'  '\\''   'щ'  '''  ";
     KDevPG::QByteArrayIterator iter(code);
     Lexer lexer(iter);
     QVERIFY( lexer.read().kind == TokenTypeWrapper::Token_RUNE);
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@
     QVERIFY( lexer.read().kind == TokenTypeWrapper::Token_RUNE);
     QVERIFY( lexer.read().kind == TokenTypeWrapper::Token_RUNE);
     QVERIFY( lexer.read().kind == TokenTypeWrapper::Token_RUNE);
-    QVERIFY( lexer.read().kind == TokenTypeWrapper::Token_RUNE);
+    QVERIFY( lexer.read().kind == TokenTypeWrapper::Token_TEST);
     
 }