diff --git a/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML/Renderer/File.php b/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML/Renderer/File.php
index 34b14a152..e56170ccb 100644
--- a/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML/Renderer/File.php
+++ b/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML/Renderer/File.php
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ protected function renderSource(PHP_CodeCoverage_Report_Node_File $node)
                           '<li%s>%s</li>',
 
                           $testCSS,
-                          addslashes(htmlspecialchars($test))
+                          htmlspecialchars($test)
                         );
                     }