diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/jobs/components/job_container_item.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/jobs/components/job_container_item.vue
index 81cc0823792..6486b25c8a7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/jobs/components/job_container_item.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/jobs/components/job_container_item.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <script>
-import _ from 'underscore';
 import CiIcon from '~/vue_shared/components/ci_icon.vue';
 import Icon from '~/vue_shared/components/icon.vue';
 import tooltip from '~/vue_shared/directives/tooltip';
@@ -9,11 +8,9 @@ export default {
     CiIcon,
     Icon,
   },
-
   directives: {
     tooltip,
   },
-
   props: {
     job: {
       type: Object,
@@ -24,10 +21,9 @@ export default {
       required: true,
     },
   },
-
   computed: {
     tooltipText() {
-      return `${_.escape(this.job.name)} - ${this.job.status.tooltip}`;
+      return `${this.job.name} - ${this.job.status.tooltip}`;
     },
   },
 };
@@ -36,7 +32,10 @@ export default {
 <template>
   <div
     class="build-job"
-    :class="{ retried: job.retried, active: isActive }"
+    :class="{
+      retried: job.retried,
+      active: isActive
+    }"
   >
     <a
       v-tooltip
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/53013-duplicate-escape.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/53013-duplicate-escape.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5ec2322fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/53013-duplicate-escape.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Remove duplicate escape in job sidebar
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/jobs_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/jobs_spec.rb
index 1ea8a640e17..c3902ecdd17 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/jobs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/jobs_spec.rb
@@ -151,9 +151,8 @@ describe 'Jobs', :clean_gitlab_redis_shared_state do
       end
 
       it 'renders escaped tooltip name' do
-        page.within('aside.right-sidebar') do
-          expect(find('.active.build-job a')['data-original-title']).to eq('&lt;img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)&gt; - passed')
-        end
+        page.find('.active.build-job a').hover
+        expect(page).to have_content('<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)> - passed')
       end
     end