diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/feed/feed_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/feed/feed_view.ex
index c0fb35e01..44d0dac2a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/feed/feed_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/feed/feed_view.ex
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Feed.FeedView do
   use Pleroma.Web, :view
 
   alias Pleroma.Formatter
+  alias Pleroma.HTML
   alias Pleroma.Object
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Feed.FeedView do
 
   def activity_title(%{"content" => content}, opts \\ %{}) do
     content
-    |> Pleroma.Web.Metadata.Utils.scrub_html()
+    |> HtmlEntities.decode()
+    |> String.replace(~r/<br\s?\/?>/, " ")
+    |> HTML.strip_tags()
     |> Pleroma.Emoji.Formatter.demojify()
     |> Formatter.truncate(opts[:max_length], opts[:omission])
     |> escape()
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/metadata/utils.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/metadata/utils.ex
index caca42934..3c0dfb6ad 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/metadata/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/metadata/utils.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Metadata.Utils do
   alias Pleroma.Activity
   alias Pleroma.Emoji
   alias Pleroma.Formatter
-  alias Pleroma.HTML
 
   def scrub_html_and_truncate(%{data: %{"content" => content}} = object) do
     content
@@ -21,22 +20,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Metadata.Utils do
 
   def scrub_html_and_truncate(content, max_length \\ 200) when is_binary(content) do
     content
-    |> scrub_html
     |> Emoji.Formatter.demojify()
     |> HtmlEntities.decode()
+    |> String.replace(~r/<br\s?\/?>/, " ")
     |> Formatter.truncate(max_length)
   end
 
-  def scrub_html(content) when is_binary(content) do
-    content
-    # html content comes from DB already encoded, decode first and scrub after
-    |> HtmlEntities.decode()
-    |> String.replace(~r/<br\s?\/?>/, " ")
-    |> HTML.strip_tags()
-  end
-
-  def scrub_html(content), do: content
-
   def user_name_string(user) do
     "#{user.name} " <>
       if user.local do