diff --git a/phpdotnet/phd/IndexRepository.php b/phpdotnet/phd/IndexRepository.php
index 2c8e04ef..b0729f6b 100644
--- a/phpdotnet/phd/IndexRepository.php
+++ b/phpdotnet/phd/IndexRepository.php
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public function getRefNames(): array {
 
 
     private function SQLiteRefname($context, $index, $id, $sdesc): void {
-        $ref = strtolower(html_entity_decode($sdesc, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
+        $ref = strtolower($sdesc);
         $this->refs[$ref] = $id;
     }