diff --git a/reactos/lib/rtl/sprintf.c b/reactos/lib/rtl/sprintf.c
index dd497dbba96..20de5772adc 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/rtl/sprintf.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/rtl/sprintf.c
@@ -648,11 +648,6 @@ int _vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t cnt, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			if (*fmt != '%') {
-				if (str <= end)
-					*str = '%';
-				++str;
-			}
 			if (*fmt) {
 				if (str <= end)
 					*str = *fmt;
diff --git a/reactos/lib/rtl/swprintf.c b/reactos/lib/rtl/swprintf.c
index 8ff1b4dbe7f..cbe3356c962 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/rtl/swprintf.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/rtl/swprintf.c
@@ -647,12 +647,7 @@ int _vsnwprintf(wchar_t *buf, size_t cnt, const wchar_t *fmt, va_list args)
 		case L'u':
 			break;
 
-		default:
-			if (*fmt != L'%') {
-				if (str <= end)
-					*str = L'%';
-				++str;
-			}
+		default:			
 			if (*fmt) {
 				if (str <= end)
 					*str = *fmt;