diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index cb475be..bc7027f 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     </image>
     {{ range $pages }}
     <item>
-      <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
+      <title>{{ .Title | plainify }}</title>
       <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
       <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
       {{ with .Site.Params.Author.name }}<dc:creator>{{.}}</dc:creator>{{end}}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       {{ range (.GetTerms "tags") }}
       <category>{{ .LinkTitle }}</category>{{end}}
       <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
-      <description>{{ .Summary | transform.XMLEscape | safeHTML }}</description>
+      <description>{{ .Summary | plainify }}</description>
     </item>
     {{ end }}
   </channel>