diff --git a/src/messageeventmodel.cpp b/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
index 3ce3ed7c4..ffba3e569 100644
--- a/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ QVariant MessageEventModel::data(const QModelIndex& idx, int role) const {
   const auto& evt = isPending ? **pendingIt : **timelineIt;
 
   if (role == Qt::DisplayRole) {
-    return utils::removeReply(m_currentRoom->eventToString(evt, Qt::RichText));
+    return utils::cleanHTML(
+        utils::removeReply(m_currentRoom->eventToString(evt, Qt::RichText)));
   }
 
   if (role == MessageRole) {
@@ -410,8 +411,8 @@ QVariant MessageEventModel::data(const QModelIndex& idx, int role) const {
       case ReplyEventIdRole:
         return replyEventId;
       case ReplyDisplayRole:
-        return utils::removeReply(
-            m_currentRoom->eventToString(replyEvt, Qt::RichText));
+        return utils::cleanHTML(utils::removeReply(
+            m_currentRoom->eventToString(replyEvt, Qt::RichText)));
       case ReplyAuthorRole:
         return QVariant::fromValue(m_currentRoom->user(replyEvt.senderId()));
     }
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 3154dd338..5571575eb 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ QString utils::removeReply(const QString& text) {
   return result;
 }
 
-QString utils::cleanHTML(const QString& text, QMatrixClient::Room* room) {
+QString utils::cleanHTML(const QString& text) {
   QString result(text);
   result.replace(codePillRegExp, "<i>\\1</i>");
   result.replace(userPillRegExp, "<b>\\1</b>");
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index dc366481d..81a1231bb 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static const QRegularExpression userPillRegExp{
     QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption};
 
 QString removeReply(const QString& text);
-QString cleanHTML(const QString& text, QMatrixClient::Room* room);
+QString cleanHTML(const QString& text);
 }  // namespace utils
 
 #endif