diff --git a/data/gui/widget/addon_list.cfg b/data/gui/widget/addon_list.cfg
index bbcffd8e0efb..83d6f6b2e2c4 100644
--- a/data/gui/widget/addon_list.cfg
+++ b/data/gui/widget/addon_list.cfg
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@
 						linked_group = "name"
 						wrap = true
 						characters_per_line = 20
+						use_markup = true
 					[/label]
 				[/column]
 
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@
 						id = "installation_status"
 						definition = "default_small"
 						linked_group = "name"
+						use_markup = true
 					[/label]
 				[/column]
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/addon_list.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/addon_list.cpp
index fd221ca43b7e..9a4d48d546e5 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/addon_list.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/addon_list.cpp
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ void addon_list::set_addons(const addons_list& addons)
 		std::map<std::string, string_map> data;
 		string_map item;
 
-		item["use_markup"] = "true";
-
 		if(!tracking_info.can_publish) {
 			item["label"] = addon.display_icon();
 			data.emplace("icon", item);