diff --git a/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py b/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py
index a24e275a6..16dee4e7c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py
+++ b/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py
@@ -122,20 +122,17 @@ class OdfBackend(DocBackend):
         if tagtype not in self.SUPPORTED_MARKUP:
             return None
         if ( tagtype == DocBackend.FONTCOLOR ):
-            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontColor__%s__\">' % 
-                                self.ESCAPE_FUNC()(value), 
+            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontColor__%s__\">' % value,
                     '</text:span>')
         elif ( tagtype == DocBackend.FONTFACE ):
-            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontFace__%s__\">' % 
-                                self.ESCAPE_FUNC()(value), 
+            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontFace__%s__\">' %
+                                self.ESCAPE_FUNC()(value),
                     '</text:span>')
         elif ( tagtype == DocBackend.FONTSIZE ):
-            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontSize__%s__\">' % 
-                                self.ESCAPE_FUNC()(value), 
+            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontSize__%s__\">' % value,
                     '</text:span>')
         else: #elif ( tagtype == DocBackend.HIGHLIGHT ):
-            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontHighlight__%s__\">' % 
-                                self.ESCAPE_FUNC()(value), 
+            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontHighlight__%s__\">' % value,
                     '</text:span>')
 
     def format_link(self, value):