diff --git a/src/html/template/html.go b/src/html/template/html.go
index 2ea5a7d4bc0e49..0893f076fa478b 100644
--- a/src/html/template/html.go
+++ b/src/html/template/html.go
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ var htmlReplacementTable = []string{
 	'"':  """,
 	'&':  "&",
 	'\'': "'",
-	'+':  "+",
 	'<':  "&lt;",
 	'>':  "&gt;",
 }
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ var htmlNormReplacementTable = []string{
 	0:    "\uFFFD",
 	'"':  "&#34;",
 	'\'': "&#39;",
-	'+':  "&#43;",
 	'<':  "&lt;",
 	'>':  "&gt;",
 }