diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_util.c b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_util.c
index 6ace55e5dd..3ed96f2693 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_util.c
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_util.c
@@ -36,129 +36,7 @@ _str_append(char *str, const char *txt, int *len, int *alloc)
 char *
 _elm_util_mkup_to_text(const char *mkup)
 {
-   char *str = NULL;
-   int str_len = 0, str_alloc = 0;
-   char *s, *p;
-   char *tag_start, *tag_end, *esc_start, *esc_end, *ts;
-
-   if (!mkup) return NULL;
-   tag_start = tag_end = esc_start = esc_end = NULL;
-   p = (char *)mkup;
-   s = p;
-   for (;;)
-     {
-        if ((!*p) ||
-            (tag_end) || (esc_end) ||
-            (tag_start) || (esc_start))
-          {
-             if (tag_end)
-               {
-                  char *ttag;
-
-                  ttag = malloc(tag_end - tag_start);
-                  if (ttag)
-                    {
-                       _str_ncpy(ttag, tag_start + 1, tag_end - tag_start - 1);
-                       ttag[tag_end - tag_start - 1] = 0;
-                       if ((!strcmp(ttag, "br")) ||
-                             (!strcmp(ttag, "\n")) ||
-                             (!strcmp(ttag, "\\n")))
-                         str = _str_append(str, "\n", &str_len, &str_alloc);
-                       else if ((!strcmp(ttag, "tab")) ||
-                             (!strcmp(ttag, "\t")) ||
-                             (!strcmp(ttag, "\\t")))
-                         str = _str_append(str, "\t", &str_len, &str_alloc);
-                       else if (!strcmp(ttag, "ps")) /* Unicode paragraph separator */
-                         str = _str_append(str, "\xE2\x80\xA9", &str_len, &str_alloc);
-                       free(ttag);
-                    }
-                  tag_start = tag_end = NULL;
-               }
-             else if (esc_end)
-               {
-                  ts = malloc(esc_end - esc_start + 1);
-                  if (ts)
-                    {
-                       const char *esc;
-                       _str_ncpy(ts, esc_start, esc_end - esc_start);
-                       ts[esc_end - esc_start] = 0;
-                       esc = evas_textblock_escape_string_get(ts);
-                       if (esc)
-                         str = _str_append(str, esc, &str_len, &str_alloc);
-                       free(ts);
-                    }
-                  esc_start = esc_end = NULL;
-               }
-             else if ((!*p) && (s))
-               {
-                  ts = malloc(p - s + 1);
-                  if (ts)
-                    {
-                       _str_ncpy(ts, s, p - s);
-                       ts[p - s] = 0;
-                       str = _str_append(str, ts, &str_len, &str_alloc);
-                       free(ts);
-                    }
-               }
-
-             if (!*p) break;
-          }
-        if (*p == '<')
-          {
-             if ((s) && (!esc_start))
-               {
-                  tag_start = p;
-                  tag_end = NULL;
-                  ts = malloc(p - s + 1);
-                  if (ts)
-                    {
-                       _str_ncpy(ts, s, p - s);
-                       ts[p - s] = 0;
-                       str = _str_append(str, ts, &str_len, &str_alloc);
-                       free(ts);
-                    }
-                  s = NULL;
-               }
-          }
-        else if (*p == '>')
-          {
-             if (tag_start)
-               {
-                  tag_end = p;
-                  /* <br /> */
-                  /*  ^^^   */
-                  if ((p - mkup > 1) && (p[-1] == '/')) p--;
-                  s = p + 1;
-               }
-          }
-        else if (*p == '&')
-          {
-             if ((s) && (!tag_start))
-               {
-                  esc_start = p;
-                  esc_end = NULL;
-                  ts = malloc(p - s + 1);
-                  if (ts)
-                    {
-                       _str_ncpy(ts, s, p - s);
-                       ts[p - s] = 0;
-                       str = _str_append(str, ts, &str_len, &str_alloc);
-                       free(ts);
-                    }
-                  s = NULL;
-               }
-          }
-        else if (*p == ';')
-          {
-             if (esc_start)
-               {
-                  esc_end = p + 1;
-                  s = p + 1;
-               }
-          }
-        p++;
-     }
-   return str;
+   return evas_textblock_text_markup_to_utf8(NULL, mkup);
 }
 
 char *