diff --git a/modules/profile/profile.module b/modules/profile/profile.module
index 0c40a10c76d8bb1ab235b8abd7e661667175c886..a96b4629e1a2a0278386ab5d191ffcbedbcd18cb 100644
--- a/modules/profile/profile.module
+++ b/modules/profile/profile.module
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ function profile_validate_profile($edit, $category) {
 function profile_categories() {
   $result = db_query("SELECT DISTINCT(category) FROM {profile_fields}");
   while ($category = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    $data[] = array('name' => check_plain($category->category), 'title' => $category->category, 'weight' => 3);
+    $data[] = array('name' => $category->category, 'title' => $category->category, 'weight' => 3);
   }
   return $data;
 }