diff --git a/lib/plugins/acl/admin.php b/lib/plugins/acl/admin.php
index 35b14d32822b957107ac6b85671b0737215f3806..7378cafdd4271b8cbc9dc8464b9eb780bec40ee7 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/acl/admin.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/acl/admin.php
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ class admin_plugin_acl extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
                 echo '</td>';
 
                 echo '<td>';
-                echo $this->_html_checkboxes($perm,$ispage,'acl['.hsc($where).']['.hsc($who).']');
+                echo $this->_html_checkboxes($perm,$ispage,'acl['.$where.']['.$who.']');
                 echo '</td>';
 
                 echo '<td align="center">';