diff --git a/src/calibre/library/server/browse.py b/src/calibre/library/server/browse.py
index 97bfc30f14..fd015f5848 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/server/browse.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/server/browse.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import cherrypy
 
 from calibre.constants import filesystem_encoding
 from calibre import isbytestring, force_unicode, fit_image, \
-        prepare_string_for_xml as xml
+        prepare_string_for_xml
 from calibre.utils.ordered_dict import OrderedDict
 from calibre.utils.filenames import ascii_filename
 from calibre.utils.config import prefs, tweaks
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ from calibre.library.server import custom_fields_to_display
 from calibre.library.field_metadata import category_icon_map
 from calibre.library.server.utils import quote, unquote
 
+def xml(*args, **kwargs):
+    ans = prepare_string_for_xml(*args, **kwargs)
+    return ans.replace(''', ''')
+
 def render_book_list(ids, prefix, suffix=''): # {{{
     pages = []
     num = len(ids)