diff --git a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
index 0fe0a131985dd..9d82cc018c792 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
- {{template "repo/unicode_escape_prompt" dict "EscapeStatus" .EscapeStatus "root" $}}
+ {{if not (or .IsMarkup .IsRenderedHTML)}}
+ {{template "repo/unicode_escape_prompt" dict "EscapeStatus" .EscapeStatus "root" $}}
+ {{end}}
{{if .IsMarkup}}
{{if .FileContent}}{{.FileContent | Safe}}{{end}}