diff --git a/lib/coffeescript/nodes.js b/lib/coffeescript/nodes.js
index 1d5609bd96..00efaeb044 100644
--- a/lib/coffeescript/nodes.js
+++ b/lib/coffeescript/nodes.js
@@ -4989,7 +4989,7 @@
         for (j = 0, len1 = elements.length; j < len1; j++) {
           element = elements[j];
           if (element instanceof StringLiteral) {
-            element.value = element.unquote(this.csx);
+            element.value = element.unquote(true);
             if (!this.csx) {
               // Backticks and `${` inside template literals must be escaped.
               element.value = element.value.replace(/(\\*)(`|\$\{)/g, function(match, backslashes, toBeEscaped) {
diff --git a/src/nodes.coffee b/src/nodes.coffee
index 677d4df028..9cd0508868 100644
--- a/src/nodes.coffee
+++ b/src/nodes.coffee
@@ -3393,7 +3393,7 @@ exports.StringWithInterpolations = class StringWithInterpolations extends Base
     fragments.push @makeCode '`' unless @csx
     for element in elements
       if element instanceof StringLiteral
-        element.value = element.unquote @csx
+        element.value = element.unquote yes
         unless @csx
           # Backticks and `${` inside template literals must be escaped.
           element.value = element.value.replace /(\\*)(`|\$\{)/g, (match, backslashes, toBeEscaped) ->