1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Bugzilla/Util.pm b/Bugzilla/Util.pm
index 58d6ab365..8c88731e3 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Util.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Util.pm
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ sub html_quote {
     $var =~ s/"/"/g;
     # Obscure '@'.
     $var =~ s/\@/\@/g;
-    if (Bugzilla->params->{'utf8'}) {
+
+    state $use_utf8 = Bugzilla->params->{'utf8'};
+
+    if ($use_utf8) {
         # Remove the following characters because they're
         # influencing BiDi:
         # --------------------------------------------------------
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ sub html_quote {
         # |U+200e|Left-To-Right Mark        |0xe2 0x80 0x8e      |
         # |U+200f|Right-To-Left Mark        |0xe2 0x80 0x8f      |
         # --------------------------------------------------------
-        $var =~ s/[\x{202a}-\x{202e}]//g;
+        $var =~ tr/\x{202a}-\x{202e}//d;
     }
     return $var;
 }