diff --git a/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts b/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts
index ad4e87763f..a0ec7f32fc 100644
--- a/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts
+++ b/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ export class et2_calendar_event extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetached
 				let description_node = document.createElement("p");
 				description_node.className = "calendar_calEvent_description";
 				et2_insertLinkText(
-						et2_activateLinks(egw.htmlspecialchars(this.options.value.description)), description_node, '_blank'
+					et2_activateLinks(this.options.value.description), description_node, '_blank'
 				);
 
 				// Location + Videoconference