diff --git a/lnbits/db.py b/lnbits/db.py
index e67cc22ec..f52b03914 100644
--- a/lnbits/db.py
+++ b/lnbits/db.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import datetime
 import os
-import re
 import time
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from typing import Optional
@@ -74,39 +73,18 @@ class Connection(Compat):
             query = query.replace("?", "%s")
         return query
 
-    def rewrite_values(self, values):
-        # strip html
-        CLEANR = re.compile("<.*?>|&([a-z0-9]+|#[0-9]{1,6}|#x[0-9a-f]{1,6});")
-
-        def cleanhtml(raw_html):
-            if type(raw_html) == str:
-                cleantext = re.sub(CLEANR, "", raw_html)
-                return cleantext
-            else:
-                return raw_html
-
-        # tuple to list and back to tuple
-        values = tuple([cleanhtml(l) for l in list(values)])
-        return values
-
     async def fetchall(self, query: str, values: tuple = ()) -> list:
-        result = await self.conn.execute(
-            self.rewrite_query(query), self.rewrite_values(values)
-        )
+        result = await self.conn.execute(self.rewrite_query(query), values)
         return await result.fetchall()
 
     async def fetchone(self, query: str, values: tuple = ()):
-        result = await self.conn.execute(
-            self.rewrite_query(query), self.rewrite_values(values)
-        )
+        result = await self.conn.execute(self.rewrite_query(query), values)
         row = await result.fetchone()
         await result.close()
         return row
 
     async def execute(self, query: str, values: tuple = ()):
-        return await self.conn.execute(
-            self.rewrite_query(query), self.rewrite_values(values)
-        )
+        return await self.conn.execute(self.rewrite_query(query), values)
 
 
 class Database(Compat):