diff --git a/wp-includes/vars.php b/wp-includes/vars.php
index f5dc7a17d5..0f570f7fbb 100644
--- a/wp-includes/vars.php
+++ b/wp-includes/vars.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ $wp_htmltransbis = array(
 	'€' => '€',
 	'<' => '<',	# preserve fake HTML
 	'>' => '>',	# preserve fake HTML
-	'&sp;' => ' ', '!' => '!', '"' => '"', '#' => '#', '$' => '$', '%' => '%', '&' => '&', ''' => ''', '(' => '(', ')' => ')',
+	'&sp;' => ' ', '!' => '!', '"' => '"', '#' => '#', '$' => '$', '%' => '%', ''' => ''', '(' => '(', ')' => ')',
 	'*' => '*', '+' => '+', ',' => ',', '‐' => '-', '−' => '-', '.' => '.', '/' => '/', ':' => ':', ';' => '&#59;', '<' => '<',
 	'=' => '=', '>' => '>', '?' => '?', '@' => '@', '[' => '[', '\' => '\', ']' => ']', 'ˆ' => '^', '_' => '_', '―' => '_',
 	'`' => '`', '{' => '{', '|' => '|', '}' => '}', '˜' => '~', '‚' => '‚', '„' => '„',