diff --git a/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.js b/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.js
index c664787857..9d01bfbdc1 100644
--- a/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.js
+++ b/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.js
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ var et2_calendar_event = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
         // Activate links in description
         var 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_insertLinkText(et2_activateLinks(this.options.value.description), description_node, '_blank');
         // Location + Videoconference
         var location = '';
         if (this.options.value.location || this.options.value['##videoconference']) {
diff --git a/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts b/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts
index 25d6e41512..c9c2e3dea1 100644
--- a/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts
+++ b/calendar/js/et2_widget_event.ts
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ 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