diff --git a/src/common/common.cpp b/src/common/common.cpp
index f448b3613..760b3597a 100644
--- a/src/common/common.cpp
+++ b/src/common/common.cpp
@@ -901,8 +901,7 @@ unescape(const string &source) {
 }
 
 string
-escape_xml(const string &source,
-           bool escape_quotes) {
+escape_xml(const string &source) {
   string dst;
   string::const_iterator src;
 
@@ -914,7 +913,7 @@ escape_xml(const string &source,
       dst += ">";
     else if (*src == '<')
       dst += "&lt;";
-    else if (escape_quotes && (*src == '"'))
+    else if (*src == '"')
       dst += "&quot;";
     else
       dst += *src;
@@ -933,7 +932,7 @@ create_xml_node_name(const char *name,
   node_name = string("<") + name;
   for (i = 0; (NULL != atts[i]) && (NULL != atts[i + 1]); i += 2)
     node_name += string(" ") + atts[i] + "=\"" +
-      escape_xml(atts[i + 1], true) + "\"";
+      escape_xml(atts[i + 1]) + "\"";
   node_name += ">";
 
   return node_name;
diff --git a/src/common/common.h b/src/common/common.h
index 55c1ca92e..b89813dce 100644
--- a/src/common/common.h
+++ b/src/common/common.h
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ void MTX_DLL_API strip(string &s, bool newlines = false);
 void MTX_DLL_API strip(vector<string> &v, bool newlines = false);
 string MTX_DLL_API escape(const string &src);
 string MTX_DLL_API unescape(const string &src);
-string MTX_DLL_API escape_xml(const string &src, bool escape_quotes = false);
+string MTX_DLL_API escape_xml(const string &src);
 string MTX_DLL_API create_xml_node_name(const char *name, const char **atts);
 bool MTX_DLL_API starts_with(const string &s, const char *start,
                              int maxlen = -1);
diff --git a/src/common/xml_element_writer.cpp b/src/common/xml_element_writer.cpp
index f61b0b756..1d4ec1cb5 100644
--- a/src/common/xml_element_writer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/xml_element_writer.cpp
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ xml_formatter_c::write_header() {
 #endif
   m_out->write_bom(m_encoding);
   m_out->printf("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"%s\"?>\n",
-                escape_xml(m_encoding, true).c_str());
+                escape_xml(m_encoding).c_str());
   if ((m_dtd != "") && (m_dtd_file != ""))
     m_out->printf("\n<!-- DOCTYPE %s SYSTEM \"%s\" -->\n", m_dtd.c_str(),
-                  escape_xml(m_dtd_file, true).c_str());
+                  escape_xml(m_dtd_file).c_str());
   if ((m_stylesheet_type != "") && (m_stylesheet_file != ""))
     m_out->printf("\n<?xml-stylesheet type=\"%s\" href=\"%s\"?>\n",
-                  escape_xml(m_stylesheet_type, true).c_str(),
-                  escape_xml(m_stylesheet_file, true).c_str());
+                  escape_xml(m_stylesheet_type).c_str(),
+                  escape_xml(m_stylesheet_file).c_str());
 
   m_header_written = true;
 }