diff --git a/metatag.inc b/metatag.inc
index b37a97b..55663bc 100644
--- a/metatag.inc
+++ b/metatag.inc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ interface DrupalMetaTagInterface {
 }
 
 class DrupalDefaultMetaTag implements DrupalMetaTagInterface {
-  
+
   protected $info;
   protected $data = array('value' => '');
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class DrupalTitleMetaTag extends DrupalTextMetaTag {
 
   public function getElement(array $options = array()) {
     $element = array();
-    $value = check_plain($this->getValue($options));
+    $value = strip_tags($this->getValue($options));
     $element['#attached']['metatag_set_preprocess_variable'][] = array('html', 'head_title', $value);
     $element['#attached']['metatag_set_preprocess_variable'][] = array('html', 'head_array', array('title' => $value));
     return $element;