diff --git a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js
index bf715f409d..f9727fede0 100644
--- a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js
+++ b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js
@@ -359,11 +359,7 @@
                         },
                         thread.toJSON()
                     );
-                let $threadHTML = $(this.threadListItemTemplate(context).toString());
-                let previewBody = $threadHTML.find('.thread-preview-body').text();
-                previewBody = new DOMParser().parseFromString(previewBody, "text/html").documentElement.textContent;
-                $threadHTML.find('.thread-preview-body').text(previewBody);
-                return $threadHTML;
+                return $(this.threadListItemTemplate(context).toString());
             };
 
             DiscussionThreadListView.prototype.threadSelected = function(e) {