diff --git a/src/eventhandler.cpp b/src/eventhandler.cpp
index 4d062994a..8cad14601 100644
--- a/src/eventhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/eventhandler.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ QString EventHandler::getBody(const Quotient::RoomEvent *event, Qt::TextFormat f
 {
     if (event->isRedacted()) {
         auto reason = event->redactedBecause()->reason();
-        return (reason.isEmpty()) ? i18n("<i>[This message was deleted]</i>") : i18n("<i>[This message was deleted: %1]</i>", reason);
+        return (reason.isEmpty()) ? i18n("<i>[This message was deleted]</i>") : i18n("<i>[This message was deleted: %1]</i>", reason.toHtmlEscaped());
     }
 
     const bool prettyPrint = (format == Qt::RichText);
diff --git a/src/models/messagecontentmodel.cpp b/src/models/messagecontentmodel.cpp
index 1ee186271..7de11f274 100644
--- a/src/models/messagecontentmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/models/messagecontentmodel.cpp
@@ -225,11 +225,6 @@ QVariant MessageContentModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
         if (m_event == nullptr) {
             return QString();
         }
-        if (m_event->isRedacted()) {
-            auto reason = m_event->redactedBecause()->reason();
-            return (reason.isEmpty()) ? i18n("<i>[This message was deleted]</i>")
-                                      : i18n("<i>[This message was deleted: %1]</i>", m_event->redactedBecause()->reason());
-        }
         if (!component.content.isEmpty()) {
             return component.content;
         }
diff --git a/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp b/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
index 01383c918..09c738d0e 100644
--- a/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
@@ -433,11 +433,6 @@ QVariant MessageEventModel::data(const QModelIndex &idx, int role) const
     EventHandler eventHandler(m_currentRoom, &evt);
 
     if (role == Qt::DisplayRole) {
-        if (evt.isRedacted()) {
-            auto reason = evt.redactedBecause()->reason();
-            return (reason.isEmpty()) ? i18n("<i>[This message was deleted]</i>")
-                                      : i18n("<i>[This message was deleted: %1]</i>", evt.redactedBecause()->reason().toHtmlEscaped());
-        }
         return eventHandler.getRichBody();
     }