diff --git a/fuzzing/fuzz-targets/fuzz_config.py b/fuzzing/fuzz-targets/fuzz_config.py
@@ -34,12 +34,8 @@ def TestOneInput(data):
        git_config.read()
    except (MissingSectionHeaderError, ParsingError, UnicodeDecodeError):
        return -1  # Reject inputs raising expected exceptions
-    except (IndexError, ValueError) as e:
-        if isinstance(e, IndexError) and "string index out of range" in str(e):
-            # Known possibility that might be patched
-            # See: https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues/1887
-            pass
-        elif isinstance(e, ValueError) and "embedded null byte" in str(e):
            # The `os.path.expanduser` function, which does not accept strings
            # containing null bytes might raise this.
            return -1

diff --git a/git/config.py b/git/config.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def _read(self, fp: Union[BufferedReader, IO[bytes]], fpname: str) -> None:
        e = None  # None, or an exception.

        def string_decode(v: str) -> str:
-            if v[-1] == "\\":
                v = v[:-1]
            # END cut trailing escapes to prevent decode error