diff --git a/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list_item.dart b/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list_item.dart
index 16ab09121..32edba9be 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list_item.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list_item.dart
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ class ChatListItem extends StatelessWidget {
                               hideReply: true,
                               hideEdit: true,
                               plaintextBody: true,
+                              removeMarkdown: true,
                               withSenderNamePrefix: !room.isDirectChat ||
                                   room.directChatMatrixID !=
                                       room.lastEvent?.senderId,
diff --git a/lib/widgets/local_notifications_extension.dart b/lib/widgets/local_notifications_extension.dart
index 751979e59..81bc5fc49 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/local_notifications_extension.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/local_notifications_extension.dart
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extension LocalNotificationsExtension on MatrixState {
       plaintextBody: true,
       hideReply: true,
       hideEdit: true,
+      removeMarkdown: true,
     );
     final icon = event.sender.avatarUrl?.getThumbnail(client,
             width: 64, height: 64, method: ThumbnailMethod.crop) ??