diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 468347950..17d01bdd4 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
       reEmptyStringTrailing = /(__e\(.*?\)|\b__t\)) \+\n'';/g;
 
   /** Used to match HTML entities and HTML characters. */
-  var reEscapedHtml = /&(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|#39|#96);/g,
-      reUnescapedHtml = /[&<>"'`]/g,
+  var reEscapedHtml = /&(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|#39);/g,
+      reUnescapedHtml = /[&<>"']/g,
       reHasEscapedHtml = RegExp(reEscapedHtml.source),
       reHasUnescapedHtml = RegExp(reUnescapedHtml.source);