diff --git a/HtmlLabelControl/TextParser.cs b/HtmlLabelControl/TextParser.cs
index 8ad6dfd..4c61827 100644
--- a/HtmlLabelControl/TextParser.cs
+++ b/HtmlLabelControl/TextParser.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Globalization;
-using System.Security;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Xml;
@@ -17,9 +16,6 @@ namespace Common.Wpf.HtmlLabelControl
{
_parentControl = parentControl;
- // Escape the supplied text
- text = SecurityElement.Escape(text);
-
// Add a root tag so the parser is happy
text = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0}", text);