diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
index f7b1ff1c8..84379c076 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ class ServiceItem(object):
                     .format_slide(slide[u'raw_slide'], line_break, self)
                 for page in formatted:
                     page = page.replace(u'<br>', u'{br}')
-                    html = cgi.escape(page.rstrip().replace(u'<br>', u'{br}'))
                     self._display_frames.append({
                         u'title': clean_tags(page),
                         u'text': clean_tags(page.rstrip()),