diff --git a/docs/info/release-history.rst b/docs/info/release-history.rst
index 4f93b03..0cfe961 100644
--- a/docs/info/release-history.rst
+++ b/docs/info/release-history.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ The format is based on `Keep a Changelog <https://keepachangelog.com/en>`_,
 and this project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html>`_
 
 
+1.1.6
+=====
+
+Fixed
+-----
+* Remove '&' character handling in :py:class:`.XMLPlaylistParser`. Was being handled twice as it is already
+  handled by the ``xmltodict`` package.
+
+
 1.1.5
 =====
 
diff --git a/musify/libraries/local/playlist/xautopf.py b/musify/libraries/local/playlist/xautopf.py
index d6ceeef..93ae89a 100644
--- a/musify/libraries/local/playlist/xautopf.py
+++ b/musify/libraries/local/playlist/xautopf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """
 The XAutoPF implementation of a :py:class:`LocalPlaylist`.
 """
-import re
 from collections.abc import Collection, Mapping, Sequence
 from copy import deepcopy
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -519,13 +518,12 @@ def parse_exception_paths(
         include_items = tuple(items_mapped[path] for path in matcher.include if path in items_mapped)
         exclude_items = tuple(matched_mapped[path] for path in matcher.exclude if path in matched_mapped)
 
-        amp_pattern = re.compile('&(?!amp;)')
         if len(include_items) > 0:
             include_paths = self.path_mapper.unmap_many(include_items, check_existence=False)
-            self.xml_source["ExceptionsInclude"] = amp_pattern.sub("&amp;", "|".join(include_paths))
+            self.xml_source["ExceptionsInclude"] = "|".join(include_paths)
         if len(exclude_items) > 0:
             exclude_paths = self.path_mapper.unmap_many(exclude_items, check_existence=False)
-            self.xml_source["Exceptions"] = amp_pattern.sub("&amp;", "|".join(exclude_paths))
+            self.xml_source["Exceptions"] = "|".join(exclude_paths)
 
     def get_limiter(self) -> ItemLimiter | None:
         """Initialise and return a :py:class:`ItemLimiter` object from loaded XML playlist data."""