diff --git a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java
index 93ba3a2538..37b79f1db5 100644
--- a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java
+++ b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/core/BundlesServlet.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
 import org.osgi.service.packageadmin.PackageAdmin;
 import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker;
 import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTrackerCustomizer;
-import org.owasp.encoder.Encode;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -764,7 +763,7 @@ private void keyVal(final List<Map<String, Object>> props, final String key, fin
             final Map<String, Object> obj = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
             obj.put("key", key);
             if ( val instanceof String ) {
-                obj.put("value", Encode.forJavaScript((String)val));
+                obj.put("value", val); // escaping happens when writing into JSON via JSONWriter
             } else {
                 obj.put("value", val);
             }