diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 0052bcc8da..7a7ef52bb1 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -2246,7 +2246,6 @@ function ent2ncr($text) {
 	$to_ncr = array(
 		'"' => '"',
 		'&' => '&',
-		'⁄' => '/',
 		'<' => '<',
 		'>' => '>',
 		'|' => '|',