diff --git a/lib/template.php b/lib/template.php
index ce55e58d28..fcf18fee41 100644
--- a/lib/template.php
+++ b/lib/template.php
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ class OC_Template{
 	 * @brief Assign variables
 	 * @param string $key key
 	 * @param string $value value
-	 * @param bool $sanitizeHTML false, if data shouldn't get passed through htmlentities
 	 * @return bool
 	 *
 	 * This function assigns a variable. It can be accessed via $_[$key] in
@@ -349,8 +348,7 @@ class OC_Template{
 	 *
 	 * If the key existed before, it will be overwritten
 	 */
-	public function assign( $key, $value, $sanitizeHTML=true ) {
-		if($sanitizeHTML == true) $value=OC_Util::sanitizeHTML($value);
+	public function assign( $key, $value) {
 		$this->vars[$key] = $value;
 		return true;
 	}