diff --git a/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl b/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
index d420cc3fc..71ab1125e 100644
--- a/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
+++ b/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 *}
 
 <li {if isset($last) && $last == 'true'}class="last"{/if}>
-	<a href="{$node.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId}class="selected"{/if} title="{$node.desc|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$node.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</a>
+	<a href="{$node.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId}class="selected"{/if} title="{$node.desc|strip_tags|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$node.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</a>
 	{if $node.children|@count > 0}
 		<ul>
 		{foreach from=$node.children item=child name=categoryTreeBranch}
diff --git a/themes/default/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl b/themes/default/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
index d420cc3fc..71ab1125e 100644
--- a/themes/default/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 *}
 
 <li {if isset($last) && $last == 'true'}class="last"{/if}>
-	<a href="{$node.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId}class="selected"{/if} title="{$node.desc|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$node.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</a>
+	<a href="{$node.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId}class="selected"{/if} title="{$node.desc|strip_tags|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$node.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</a>
 	{if $node.children|@count > 0}
 		<ul>
 		{foreach from=$node.children item=child name=categoryTreeBranch}