diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html b/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
index 9d8a61ba0..6f18a50d6 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
             {{ end }}
             {{ $docs_links := delimit $docs_links_list ", " }}
 
-            {{ $authors_list := apply .authors "htmlEscape" "." }}
             {{ $authors_list := apply .authors "printf" "<a href=\"https://github.com/%s\">@%s</a>" "." "." }}
             {{ $authors := delimit $authors_list ", " }}