diff --git a/cross-project-tests/debuginfo-tests/dexter/dex/debugger/dbgeng/dbgeng.py b/cross-project-tests/debuginfo-tests/dexter/dex/debugger/dbgeng/dbgeng.py
index bf0a0f198672..acb66a90895e 100644
--- a/cross-project-tests/debuginfo-tests/dexter/dex/debugger/dbgeng/dbgeng.py
+++ b/cross-project-tests/debuginfo-tests/dexter/dex/debugger/dbgeng/dbgeng.py
@@ -176,16 +176,12 @@ class DbgEng(DebuggerBase):
         return self.finished
 
     def evaluate_expression(self, expression, frame_idx=0):
-        # XXX: cdb insists on using '->' to examine fields of structures,
-        # as it appears to reserve '.' for other purposes.
-        fixed_expr = expression.replace(".", "->")
-
         orig_scope_idx = self.client.Symbols.GetCurrentScopeFrameIndex()
         self.client.Symbols.SetScopeFrameByIndex(frame_idx)
 
-        res = self.client.Control.Evaluate(fixed_expr)
+        res = self.client.Control.Evaluate(expression)
         if res is not None:
-            result, typename = self.client.Control.Evaluate(fixed_expr)
+            result, typename = self.client.Control.Evaluate(expression)
             could_eval = True
         else:
             result, typename = (None, None)