diff --git a/mercurial/templates/atom/branchentry.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/atom/branchentry.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/atom/branchentry.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/atom/branchentry.tmpl
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
   <id>{urlbase}{url|urlescape}#branch-{node}</id>
   <updated>{date|rfc3339date}</updated>
   <published>{date|rfc3339date}</published>
-  <content type="text"><![CDATA[{branch|strip|escape|addbreaks}]]></content>
+  <content type="text">{branch|strip|escape}</content>
  </entry>