diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/RequestExecutorTests.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/RequestExecutorTests.cs
index 8d9c67b7733..1e04eb13ce6 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/RequestExecutorTests.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/RequestExecutorTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
 using HotChocolate.Tests;
 using HotChocolate.Types;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -94,6 +95,35 @@ public async Task CancellationToken_Is_Passed_Correctly()
         Assert.True(tokenWasCorrectlyPassedToResolver);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteChar_StringInput_IsAllowed()
+    {
+        var schema = SchemaBuilder.New()
+            .AddQueryType(t => t
+                .Name("Query")
+                .Field("echo")
+                .Argument("arg", arg => arg.Type<StringType>())
+                .Resolve(x => x.ArgumentValue<string>("arg")))
+            .Create();
+
+        // act
+        var executor = schema.MakeExecutable();
+        var result = await executor.ExecuteAsync($$""""
+                                                   {
+                                                       delChar: echo(arg: "\u007F")
+                                                       delCharNonEscaped: echo(arg: "{{"\u007f"}}")
+                                                       delCharNonEscapedBlockString: echo(arg:
+                                                       """
+                                                       {{"\u007f"}}
+                                                       """)
+                                                       #Comment with del char -> {{"\u007f"}} <-
+                                                   }
+                                                   """");
+
+        // assert
+        result.MatchSnapshot();
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Ensure_Errors_Do_Not_Result_In_Timeouts()
     {
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/__snapshots__/RequestExecutorTests.DeleteChar_StringInput_IsAllowed.snap b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/__snapshots__/RequestExecutorTests.DeleteChar_StringInput_IsAllowed.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c647232108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/__snapshots__/RequestExecutorTests.DeleteChar_StringInput_IsAllowed.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "data": {
+    "delChar": "\u007F",
+    "delCharNonEscaped": "\u007F",
+    "delCharNonEscapedBlockString": "\u007F\n"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/GraphQLConstants.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/GraphQLConstants.cs
index f1dd7b10255..2f03ce3976a 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/GraphQLConstants.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/GraphQLConstants.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ internal static class GraphQLConstants
     public const byte GroupSeparator = 29;
     public const byte RecordSeparator = 30;
     public const byte UnitSeparator = 31;
-    public const byte Delete = 127;
 
     public const byte A = (byte)'a';
     public const byte B = (byte)'b';
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/Utf8GraphQLReader.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/Utf8GraphQLReader.cs
index 87966bc2d7c..3b82ffddb1f 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/Utf8GraphQLReader.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Language/src/Language.Utf8/Utf8GraphQLReader.cs
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ private void ReadCommentToken()
                 case GraphQLConstants.GroupSeparator:
                 case GraphQLConstants.RecordSeparator:
                 case GraphQLConstants.UnitSeparator:
-                case GraphQLConstants.Delete:
                     run = false;
                     break;
 
@@ -581,7 +580,6 @@ private void ReadStringValueToken()
                 case GraphQLConstants.GroupSeparator:
                 case GraphQLConstants.RecordSeparator:
                 case GraphQLConstants.UnitSeparator:
-                case GraphQLConstants.Delete:
                     throw new SyntaxException(this, InvalidCharacterWithinString, code);
             }
         }
@@ -674,7 +672,6 @@ private void ReadBlockStringToken()
                 case GraphQLConstants.GroupSeparator:
                 case GraphQLConstants.RecordSeparator:
                 case GraphQLConstants.UnitSeparator:
-                case GraphQLConstants.Delete:
                     throw new SyntaxException(
                         this,
                         string.Format(InvalidCharacterWithinString, code));