diff --git a/evennia/objects/objects.py b/evennia/objects/objects.py
index 2fb2d6966..32e96cd21 100644
--- a/evennia/objects/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/objects/objects.py
@@ -760,10 +760,6 @@ class DefaultObject(ObjectDB, metaclass=TypeclassBase):
             exclude = make_iter(exclude)
             contents = [obj for obj in contents if obj not in exclude]
 
-        # escape existing { in the input to not interfere with mapping
-        inmessage = inmessage.replace("{", "{{")
-        inmessage = inmessage.replace("}", "}}")
-
         for receiver in contents:
 
             # actor-stance replacements