diff --git a/lms/templates/wiki/includes/article_menu.html b/lms/templates/wiki/includes/article_menu.html
index 89909a168e..7768d84989 100644
--- a/lms/templates/wiki/includes/article_menu.html
+++ b/lms/templates/wiki/includes/article_menu.html
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 ## mako
-<%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%!
   from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
   from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-  from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import Text, HTML
   from wiki.core.permissions import can_change_permissions
 %>
 
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@
   <a href="${reverse('wiki:get', kwargs={'article_id' : article.id, 'path' : urlpath.path})}">
     <i class="icon fa fa-eye"></i>
     ${_("View")}
-    ${Text(_("{span_start}(active){span_end}")).format(span_start=HTML("<span class='sr'>"), span_end=HTML("</span>")) if selected_tab == "view" else ""}
+    ${_("{span_start}(active){span_end}").format(span_start="<span class='sr'>", span_end="</span>") if selected_tab == "view" else ""}
   </a>
 </li>
 
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@
     <a href="${reverse('wiki:edit', kwargs={'article_id' : article.id, 'path' : urlpath.path})}">
       <i class="icon fa fa-pencil"></i>
       ${_("Edit")}
-      ${Text(_("{span_start}(active){span_end}")).format(span_start=HTML("<span class='sr'>"), span_end=HTML("</span>")) if selected_tab == "edit" else ""}
+      ${_("{span_start}(active){span_end}").format(span_start="<span class='sr'>", span_end="</span>") if selected_tab == "edit" else ""}
     </a>
   </li>
 %endif
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@
   <a href="${reverse('wiki:history', kwargs={'article_id' : article.id, 'path' : urlpath.path})}">
     <i class="icon fa fa-clock-o"></i>
     ${_("Changes")}
-    ${Text(_("{span_start}(active){span_end}")).format(span_start=HTML("<span class='sr'>"), span_end=HTML("</span>")) if selected_tab == "history" else ""}
+    ${_("{span_start}(active){span_end}").format(span_start="<span class='sr'>", span_end="</span>") if selected_tab == "history" else ""}
   </a>
 </li>
 
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@
       <a href="${reverse('wiki:plugin', kwargs={'slug' : plugin.slug, 'article_id' : article.id, 'path' : urlpath.path}) }">
         <i class="icon fa fa-file ${plugin.article_tab[1]}"></i>
         ${plugin.article_tab[0]}
-        ${Text(_("{span_start}(active){span_end}")).format(span_start=HTML("<span class='sr'>"), span_end=HTML("</span>")) if selected_tab == plugin.slug else ""}
+        ${_("{span_start}(active){span_end}").format(span_start="<span class='sr'>", span_end="</span>") if selected_tab == plugin.slug else ""}
       </a>
     </li>
   %endif
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ ${_("This should be enabled for all non-anonymous users once the notifications a
   <a href="${reverse('wiki:settings', kwargs={'article_id' : article.id, 'path' : urlpath.path})}">
     <i class="icon fa fa-cog"></i>
     ${_("Settings")}
-    ${Text(_("{span_start}active{span_end}")).format(span_start=HTML("<span class='sr'>"), span_end=HTML("</span>")) if selected_tab == "settings" else ""}
+    ${_("{span_start}active{span_end}").format(span_start="<span class='sr'>(", span_end=")</span>") if selected_tab == "settings" else ""}
   </a>
 </li>
 %endif
diff --git a/lms/templates/wiki/includes/breadcrumbs.html b/lms/templates/wiki/includes/breadcrumbs.html
index ee450c6f6a..d0152497ef 100644
--- a/lms/templates/wiki/includes/breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/lms/templates/wiki/includes/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ## mako
-<%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%!
   from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
   from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _