diff --git a/src/notify.py b/src/notify.py
index 6106227c3..715ea063c 100644
--- a/src/notify.py
+++ b/src/notify.py
@@ -315,9 +315,6 @@ def popup(event_type, jid, account, msg_type = '', path_to_image = None,
 	'''Notifies a user of an event. It first tries to a valid implementation of
 	the Desktop Notification Specification. If that fails, then we fall back to
 	the older style PopupNotificationWindow method.'''
-	text = gobject.markup_escape_text(text)
-	title = gobject.markup_escape_text(title)
-
 	if gajim.config.get('use_notif_daemon') and dbus_support.supported:
 		try:
 			DesktopNotification(event_type, jid, account, msg_type,