diff --git a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
index 910c8990ac..fdbdbada98 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ wxHtmlWordCell::wxHtmlWordCell(const wxString& word, wxDC& dc) : wxHtmlCell()
                 ESCSEQ("Uuml", "\334"/* Ü */),
     
                 ESCSEQ("szlig", "\247"/* § */),
-                ESCSEQ("agrave;","à"),
+                ESCSEQ("agrave","à"),
                 ESCSEQ("aacute", "\341"/* á */),
                 ESCSEQ("acirc", "\342"/* â */),
                 ESCSEQ("atilde", "\343"/* ã */),