diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts
index 11108cb583..1411c2c329 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts
@@ -75,24 +75,6 @@ export function createBuffer () {
   }
 }
 
-const TRANSLATE_RE = /&(nbsp|amp|quot|lt|gt);/g
-const NUMSTR_RE = /&#(\d+);/gi
-export function decodeHtmlEntities (html: string) {
-  const translateDict = {
-    nbsp: ' ',
-    amp: '&',
-    quot: '"',
-    lt: '<',
-    gt: '>'
-  } as const
-  return html.replace(TRANSLATE_RE, function (_, entity: keyof typeof translateDict) {
-    return translateDict[entity]
-  }).replace(NUMSTR_RE, function (_, numStr: string) {
-    const num = parseInt(numStr, 10)
-    return String.fromCharCode(num)
-  })
-}
-
 /**
  * helper for NuxtIsland to generate a correct array for scoped data
  */