diff --git a/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php b/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
index 11f254b275..1acf7a1799 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function wp_specialchars( $text, $quotes = 0 ) {
 	$text = str_replace('>', '>', $text);
 	if ( $quotes ) {
 		$text = str_replace('"', '"', $text);
-		$text = str_replace('"', ''', $text);
+		$text = str_replace("'", ''', $text);
 	}
 	return $text;
 }