diff --git a/src/post-republisher.php b/src/post-republisher.php
index 40e2a188a..eca6ee3c3 100644
--- a/src/post-republisher.php
+++ b/src/post-republisher.php
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ public function republish_scheduled_post( $copy ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		\kses_remove_filters();
 		$this->republish( $copy, $original_post );
+		\kses_init_filters();
 		$this->delete_copy( $copy->ID, $original_post->ID );
 	}
 
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ protected function republish_post_elements( $post, $original_post ) {
 		$_POST['ID'] = $original_post->ID;
 
 		// Republish the original post.
-		$rewritten_post_id = \wp_update_post( \wp_slash( $post_to_be_rewritten ) );
+		$rewritten_post_id = \wp_update_post( $post_to_be_rewritten );
 
 		if ( $rewritten_post_id === 0 ) {
 			\wp_die( \esc_html__( 'An error occurred while republishing the post.', 'duplicate-post' ) );
diff --git a/tests/post-republisher-test.php b/tests/post-republisher-test.php
index 649a5950c..6d6542668 100644
--- a/tests/post-republisher-test.php
+++ b/tests/post-republisher-test.php
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ public function test_republish_scheduled_post() {
 			->once()
 			->andReturn( $original );
 
+		Monkey\Functions\expect( 'kses_remove_filters' );
+		Monkey\Functions\expect( 'kses_init_filters' );
+
 		$this->instance->expects( 'republish' )->with( $copy, $original )->once();
 		$this->instance->expects( 'delete_copy' )->with( $copy->ID, $original->ID )->once();