diff --git a/core/includes/install.inc b/core/includes/install.inc
index 01d6166..4228dfe 100644
--- a/core/includes/install.inc
+++ b/core/includes/install.inc
@@ -980,14 +980,12 @@ function drupal_check_module($module) {
     // Print any error messages
     foreach ($requirements as $requirement) {
       if (isset($requirement['severity']) && $requirement['severity'] == REQUIREMENT_ERROR) {
-        $message = SafeMarkup::escape($requirement['description']);
+        $message = $requirement['description'];
         if (isset($requirement['value']) && $requirement['value']) {
-          $message .= ' (' . t('Currently using !item !version', array('!item' => $requirement['title'], '!version' => $requirement['value'])) . ')';
+          $currently_using = t('(Currently using @item @version)', array('@item' => $requirement['title'], '@version' => $requirement['value']));
+          $message = SafeMarkup::format('@message (@currently_using)', ['@message' => $message, '@currently_using' => $currently_using]);
         }
-        // The string was previously checked as safe or escaped properly with
-        // SafeMarkup::escape() method and the concatinated message string is
-        // designated safe by running through the t() function.
-        drupal_set_message(SafeMarkup::set($message), 'error');
+        drupal_set_message($message, 'error');
       }
     }
     return FALSE;