diff --git a/lib/naughty/widget/message.lua b/lib/naughty/widget/message.lua
index e268fb53..c9f31fb7 100644
--- a/lib/naughty/widget/message.lua
+++ b/lib/naughty/widget/message.lua
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
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 local textbox = require("wibox.widget.textbox")
 local gtable  = require("gears.table")
-local gstring = require("gears.string")
 local beautiful = require("beautiful")
 
 local message = {}
 
 local function markup(notif, wdg)
-    local ret = gstring.xml_escape(notif.message) or ""
+    local ret = notif.message or ""
     local fg = notif.fg or beautiful.notification_fg
 
     wdg:set_font(notif.font or beautiful.notification_font)
diff --git a/lib/naughty/widget/title.lua b/lib/naughty/widget/title.lua
index 22c62ad4..38ce7327 100644
--- a/lib/naughty/widget/title.lua
+++ b/lib/naughty/widget/title.lua
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
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 local textbox = require("wibox.widget.textbox")
 local gtable  = require("gears.table")
-local gstring = require("gears.string")
 local beautiful = require("beautiful")
 
 local title = {}
 
 local function markup(notif, wdg)
-    local ret = "<b>"..(gstring.xml_escape(notif.title) or "").."</b>"
+    local ret = "<b>"..(notif.title or "").."</b>"
     local fg = notif.fg or beautiful.notification_fg
 
     wdg:set_font(notif.font or beautiful.notification_font)