diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 01614902e..01f7734c2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     !current_page?(notifications_path) && (authenticated_user_has_notifications? || unauthenticated_user_has_notifications?)
   end
 
-  def sanitise_text(text)
-    return if text.blank?
-
-    text.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s\-\_\'\&]/, "")
-    text.html_safe
-  end
-
 private
 
   def paginated_title(title, pagy)
diff --git a/app/helpers/title_helper.rb b/app/helpers/title_helper.rb
index cc605cc28..25dcbc30c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/title_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/title_helper.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ module TitleHelper
   end
 
   def format_title(searched, page_title, current_user, item_label, count, organisation_name)
-    sanitised_organisation_name = sanitise_text(organisation_name)
     if searched.present?
-      actual_title = support_sab_nav?(current_user, organisation_name) ? sanitised_organisation_name : page_title
-      "#{actual_title} (#{count} #{item_label} matching ‘#{searched}’)".html_safe
+      actual_title = support_sab_nav?(current_user, organisation_name) ? organisation_name : page_title
+      "#{actual_title} (#{count} #{item_label} matching ‘#{searched}’)"
     else
-      support_sab_nav?(current_user, organisation_name) ? "#{sanitised_organisation_name} (#{page_title})".html_safe : page_title.html_safe
+      support_sab_nav?(current_user, organisation_name) ? "#{organisation_name} (#{page_title})" : page_title
     end
   end