diff --git a/apps/files_versions/ajax/getVersions.php b/apps/files_versions/ajax/getVersions.php
index 96289caec95ecc33301485ef7b162d1f6c50b66b..fe48434d2cbedc53db6455f3fd611f1d205bae3c 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/ajax/getVersions.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/ajax/getVersions.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ require_once('apps/files_versions/versions.php');
 
 $userDirectory = "/".OCP\USER::getUser()."/files";
 $source = $_GET['source'];
-$source = strip_tags( $source );
 
 if( OCA_Versions\Storage::isversioned( $source ) ) {