diff --git a/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/ExpandedRepresentation.qml b/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/ExpandedRepresentation.qml
index 5580c6c45..4071baaf8 100644
--- a/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/ExpandedRepresentation.qml
+++ b/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/ExpandedRepresentation.qml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ Item {
                     wrapMode: Text.WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere
                     elide: Text.ElideRight
                     text: root.track ? root.track : i18n("No media playing")
+                    textFormat: Text.PlainText
                 }
 
                 PlasmaExtras.Heading {
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ Item {
 
                     elide: Text.ElideRight
                     text: root.artist || ""
+                    textFormat: Text.PlainText
                 }
 
                 PlasmaExtras.Heading {
diff --git a/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/main.qml
index 33d8d0d47..74de96d9d 100644
--- a/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/mediacontroller/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Item {
     Plasmoid.icon: albumArt ? albumArt : "media-playback-start"
     Plasmoid.toolTipMainText: i18n("No media playing")
     Plasmoid.toolTipSubText: ""
+    Plasmoid.toolTipTextFormat: Text.PlainText
     Plasmoid.status: PlasmaCore.Types.ActiveStatus
 
     Plasmoid.onContextualActionsAboutToShow: {