diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts
index 8bd5f7e0600..8f053b530b5 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,5 @@ export function escapeHtml(str: string): string {
     .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
     .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
     .replace(/'/g, '&#39;')
-    .replace(/\//g, '&#47;')
     .replace(/"/g, '&quot;');
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/template_srv.test.ts b/public/app/features/templating/template_srv.test.ts
index ae75c3ae3dc..e5ade0b6c1b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/template_srv.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/template_srv.test.ts
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ describe('templateSrv', () => {
         { type: 'query', name: 'test', current: { value: '<script>alert(asd)</script>' } },
       ]);
       const target = _templateSrv.replace('$test', {}, 'html');
-      expect(target).toBe('&lt;script&gt;alert(asd)&lt;&#47;script&gt;');
+      expect(target).toBe('&lt;script&gt;alert(asd)&lt;/script&gt;');
     });
   });