diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
index bdba64aa..39419257 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@
 {{ $description := or $page.Description "Recent content" }}
 {{ $feed := ($page.OutputFormats.Get "rss").Permalink }}
 {{ $format := "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST" }}
-{{ $html := $page.AlternativeOutputFormats.Get "html" }}
 {{ $language := site.LanguageCode | default site.Language.Lang }}
 {{ $lastbuilddate := (partial "paige/changed.html" $page).Format $format }}
 {{ $limit := site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit }}
 {{ $link := ($page.AlternativeOutputFormats.Get "html").Permalink }}
 {{ $managingeditor := $page.Param "paige.feed.rss.managing_editor" }}
-{{ $pagetitle := $page.Title | markdownify | plainify | htmlUnescape }}
-{{ $sitetitle := site.Title | markdownify | plainify | htmlUnescape }}
 {{ $subpages := slice }}
 {{ $webmaster := $page.Param "paige.feed.rss.web_master" }}