diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index 16b16901..cd079141 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false) {
 }
 
 function utf8tohtml($utf8) {
-	return mb_encode_numericentity(htmlspecialchars($utf8, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8'), array(0x80, 0xffff, 0, 0xffff), 'UTF-8');
+	return htmlspecialchars($utf8, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 }
 
 function buildThread($id, $return=false, $mod=false) {