1 files changed, 2 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/util/texescape.py b/sphinx/util/texescape.py
index 0f1783def..4ce2cfff8 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/texescape.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/texescape.py
@@ -69,56 +69,8 @@ tex_replacements = [
     ('₇', r'\(\sb{\text{7}}\)'),
     ('₈', r'\(\sb{\text{8}}\)'),
     ('₉', r'\(\sb{\text{9}}\)'),
-    # map Greek alphabet
-    ('α', r'\(\alpha\)'),
-    ('β', r'\(\beta\)'),
-    ('γ', r'\(\gamma\)'),
-    ('δ', r'\(\delta\)'),
-    ('ε', r'\(\epsilon\)'),
-    ('ζ', r'\(\zeta\)'),
-    ('η', r'\(\eta\)'),
-    ('θ', r'\(\theta\)'),
-    ('ι', r'\(\iota\)'),
-    ('κ', r'\(\kappa\)'),
-    ('λ', r'\(\lambda\)'),
-    ('μ', r'\(\mu\)'),
-    ('ν', r'\(\nu\)'),
-    ('ξ', r'\(\xi\)'),
-    ('ο', r'o'),
-    ('π', r'\(\pi\)'),
-    ('ρ', r'\(\rho\)'),
-    ('σ', r'\(\sigma\)'),
-    ('τ', r'\(\tau\)'),
-    ('υ', '\\(\\upsilon\\)'),
-    ('φ', r'\(\phi\)'),
-    ('χ', r'\(\chi\)'),
-    ('ψ', r'\(\psi\)'),
-    ('ω', r'\(\omega\)'),
-    ('Α', r'A'),
-    ('Β', r'B'),
-    ('Γ', r'\(\Gamma\)'),
-    ('Δ', r'\(\Delta\)'),
-    ('Ε', r'E'),
-    ('Ζ', r'Z'),
-    ('Η', r'H'),
-    ('Θ', r'\(\Theta\)'),
-    ('Ι', r'I'),
-    ('Κ', r'K'),
-    ('Λ', r'\(\Lambda\)'),
-    ('Μ', r'M'),
-    ('Ν', r'N'),
-    ('Ξ', r'\(\Xi\)'),
-    ('Ο', r'O'),
-    ('Π', r'\(\Pi\)'),
-    ('Ρ', r'P'),
-    ('Σ', r'\(\Sigma\)'),
-    ('Τ', r'T'),
-    ('Υ', '\\(\\Upsilon\\)'),
-    ('Φ', r'\(\Phi\)'),
-    ('Χ', r'X'),
-    ('Ψ', r'\(\Psi\)'),
-    ('Ω', r'\(\Omega\)'),
-    ('Ω', r'\(\Omega\)'),
+    # Greek alphabet not escaped: pdflatex handles it via textalpha and inputenc
+    # OHM SIGN U+2126 is handled by LaTeX textcomp package
 ]
 
 tex_escape_map = {}  # type: Dict[int, unicode]