diff --git a/src/osd/osddbus.cpp b/src/osd/osddbus.cpp
index d9f9baee3..66d758d4e 100644
--- a/src/osd/osddbus.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/osddbus.cpp
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ void OSDDBus::ShowMessageNative(const QString &summary, const QString &message,
   QVariantMap hints;
   QString summary_stripped = summary;
   QString message_stripped = message;
-  summary_stripped = summary_stripped.remove('&').simplified();
-  message_stripped = message_stripped.remove('&').simplified();
+  summary_stripped = summary_stripped.replace('&', "&").simplified();
+  message_stripped = message_stripped.replace('&', "&").simplified();
 
   if (!image.isNull()) {
     if (version_ >= QVersionNumber(1, 2)) {