diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/readfile.html b/layouts/shortcodes/readfile.html
index 7d27caa35a..ce05aef322 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/readfile.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/readfile.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     {{- highlight ($.Scratch.Get "filepath" | readFile | htmlUnescape |
     safeHTML ) (.Get "lang") "" -}}
   {{ else }}
-    {{- $.Scratch.Get "filepath" | os.ReadFile | .Page.RenderString | htmlUnescape | safeHTML -}}
+    {{- $.Scratch.Get "filepath" | os.ReadFile | .Page.RenderString | safeHTML -}}
   {{ end }}
 {{ else }}