diff --git a/classes/feeds.php b/classes/feeds.php
index f67321177..3657a0564 100644
--- a/classes/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/feeds.php
@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 					$reply['content'] .= "<div onclick='return hlClicked(event, $id)'
 						class=\"hlTitle\"><span class='hlContent$hlc_suffix'>";
 					$reply['content'] .= "<a id=\"RTITLE-$id\"
-						href=\"" . htmlspecialchars($line["link"], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401,
-							'utf-8', false) . "\"
+						href=\"" . htmlspecialchars($line["link"]) . "\"
 						onclick=\"\">" .
 						truncate_string($line["title"], 200);
 
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 2329a2331..c01e41004 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -3022,8 +3022,7 @@
 
 			if ($line["link"]) {
 				$rv['content'] .= "<div class='postTitle'><a target='_blank'
-					title=\"".htmlspecialchars($line["link"], ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401,
-               'utf-8', false)."\"
+					title=\"".htmlspecialchars($line['title'])."\"
 					href=\"" .
 					htmlspecialchars($line["link"]) . "\">" .
 					$line["title"] . "</a>" .