diff --git a/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assErrorText.php b/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assErrorText.php
index 74f417491dbf..be51df7a8845 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assErrorText.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assErrorText.php
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ public function getErrorText(): string
 
     public function setErrorText(?string $text): void
     {
-        $this->errortext = $this->getHtmlQuestionContentPurifier()->purify($text ?? '');
+        $this->errortext = $text ?? '';
     }
 
     public function getParsedErrorText(): array