diff --git a/app/email_templates/email_template_edit.php b/app/email_templates/email_template_edit.php
index 4174dad847..4dfffe2b73 100644
--- a/app/email_templates/email_template_edit.php
+++ b/app/email_templates/email_template_edit.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 	echo "	".$text['label-template_body']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "<td class='vtable' style='position: relative;' align='left'>\n";
-	echo "	<textarea class='formfld' name='template_body' style='min-width: 100%; height: 350px; font-family: monospace;'>".escape($template_body)."</textarea>\n";
+	echo "	<textarea class='formfld' name='template_body' style='min-width: 100%; height: 350px; font-family: monospace;'>".$template_body."</textarea>\n";
 	echo "<br />\n";
 	echo $text['description-template_body']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";