diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
index e623ab5932..6a8fb472bf 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 						}
 					}
 
-					$post->post_title = esc_html( $post->post_title );
 					$pad = str_repeat( '— ', $level );
 ?>
 			<td <?php echo $attributes ?>><strong><?php if ( $can_edit_post && $post->post_status != 'trash' ) { ?><a class="row-title" href="<?php echo $edit_link; ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Edit &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), $title ) ); ?>"><?php echo $pad; echo $title ?></a><?php } else { echo $pad; echo $title; }; _post_states( $post ); echo isset( $parent_name ) ? ' | ' . $post_type_object->labels->parent_item_colon . ' ' . esc_html( $parent_name ) : ''; ?></strong>