diff --git a/addons/payment_paypal/controllers/main.py b/addons/payment_paypal/controllers/main.py
index 7e4aac4c036..621b598d6bc 100644
--- a/addons/payment_paypal/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/payment_paypal/controllers/main.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import pprint
-import urllib
 import urllib2
 import werkzeug
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ class PaypalController(http.Controller):
         return return_url
 
     def _parse_pdt_response(self, response):
-        """ Parse a text response for a PDT verification .
+        """ Parse a text reponse for a PDT verification .
 
             :param response str: text response, structured in the following way:
                 STATUS\nkey1=value1\nkey2=value2...\n
@@ -38,9 +37,6 @@ class PaypalController(http.Controller):
         lines = filter(None, response.split('\n'))
         status = lines.pop(0)
         pdt_post = dict(line.split('=', 1) for line in lines)
-        # html unescape
-        for post in pdt_post:
-            pdt_post[post] = urllib.unquote_plus(pdt_post[post]).decode('utf8')
         return status, pdt_post
 
     def paypal_validate_data(self, **post):