diff --git a/wp-includes/default-filters.php b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
index 31fc6290eb..8500a0ca86 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-filters.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-filters.php
@@ -71,10 +71,8 @@ add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'strip_tags');
 add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'trim');
 add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'wp_filter_kses');
 add_filter('pre_user_nickname', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
-add_filter('pre_user_description', 'strip_tags');
 add_filter('pre_user_description', 'trim');
 add_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_kses');
-add_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_specialchars', 30);
 add_filter('pre_user_url', 'strip_tags');
 add_filter('pre_user_url', 'trim');
 add_filter('pre_user_url', 'clean_url');