diff --git a/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js b/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js
index f8c0e64a426ed7f2660eb8a81fd42926d3796589..70c8a27c14e15f19845ab82caff7de749ea0b5e5 100644
--- a/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js
+++ b/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js
@@ -132,17 +132,6 @@ describe('Core base tests', function() {
 			expect(OC.dirname('/subdir/')).toEqual('/subdir');
 		});
 	});
-	describe('escapeHTML', function() {
-		it('Returns nothing if no string was given', function() {
-			expect(escapeHTML('')).toEqual('');
-		});
-		it('Returns a sanitized string if a string containing HTML is given', function() {
-			expect(escapeHTML('There needs to be a <script>alert(\"Unit\" + \'test\')</script> for it!')).toEqual('There needs to be a &lt;script&gt;alert(&quot;Unit&quot; + &#039;test&#039;)&lt;/script&gt; for it!');
-		});
-		it('Returns the string without modification if no potentially dangerous character is passed.', function() {
-			expect(escapeHTML('This is a good string without HTML.')).toEqual('This is a good string without HTML.');
-		});
-	});
 	describe('joinPaths', function() {
 		it('returns empty string with no or empty arguments', function() {
 			expect(OC.joinPaths()).toEqual('');