diff --git a/settings/ajax/togglegroups.php b/settings/ajax/togglegroups.php
index 931ab2689e..f82ece4aee 100644
--- a/settings/ajax/togglegroups.php
+++ b/settings/ajax/togglegroups.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ OCP\JSON::callCheck();
 
 $success = true;
 $username = $_POST["username"];
-$group = OC_Util::sanitizeHTML($_POST["group"]);
+$group = $_POST["group"];
 
 if($username == OC_User::getUser() && $group == "admin" &&  OC_Group::inGroup($username, 'admin')){
 	$l = OC_L10N::get('core');
diff --git a/settings/ajax/togglesubadmins.php b/settings/ajax/togglesubadmins.php
index 7aaa90aad5..a99e805f69 100644
--- a/settings/ajax/togglesubadmins.php
+++ b/settings/ajax/togglesubadmins.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ OC_JSON::checkAdminUser();
 OCP\JSON::callCheck();
 
 $username = $_POST["username"];
-$group = OC_Util::sanitizeHTML($_POST["group"]);
+$group = $_POST["group"];
 
 // Toggle group
 if(OC_SubAdmin::isSubAdminofGroup($username, $group)) {