diff --git a/app/javascript/src/classes/browser_view.coffee b/app/javascript/src/classes/browser_view.coffee
index 28d03a225..8b8c0ce51 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/classes/browser_view.coffee
+++ b/app/javascript/src/classes/browser_view.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import PreloadContainer from 'src/classes/preload_container'
-import { escapeHtml } from 'src/utils/dom'
+import { escapeHtml, stringToDom } from 'src/utils/dom'
 import { removeImageElement } from 'src/utils/image'
 import { numberToHumanSize } from 'src/utils/math'
 import FrameEditor from './frame_editor'
@@ -675,14 +675,11 @@ export default class BrowserView
         sequence = pool_post.sequence
         if sequence.match(/^[0-9]/)
           sequence = '#' + sequence
-        html = '<div class="pool-info">Post ${sequence} in <a class="pool-link" href="/post/browse#/pool:${pool_id}">${desc}</a> ' + '(<a target="_blank" href="/pool/show/${pool_id}">pool page</a>)'
+        html = "<div class='pool-info'>Post #{sequence} in <a class='pool-link' href='/post/browse#/pool:#{pool_id}'>#{escapeHtml(pool_title)}</a> (<a target='_blank' href='/pool/show/#{pool_id}'>pool page</a>)"
         if Pool.can_edit_pool(pool)
           html += '<span class="advanced-editing"> (<a href="#" class="remove-pool-from-post">remove</a>)</span>'
         html += '</div>'
-        div = html.subst(
-          sequence: sequence
-          pool_id: pool_id
-          desc: escapeHtml(pool_title)).createElement()
+        div = stringToDom html
         div.post_id = post.id
         div.pool_id = pool_id
         pool_info.appendChild div
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/legacy/common.coffee b/app/javascript/src/legacy/common.coffee
index 9b022f3eb..88523a7d4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/legacy/common.coffee
+++ b/app/javascript/src/legacy/common.coffee
@@ -138,21 +138,6 @@ window.clone_event = (orig) ->
     e = document.createEventObject(orig)
     Event.extend e
 
-Object.extend String.prototype,
-  subst: (subs) ->
-    text = this
-    for s of subs
-      r = new RegExp('\\${' + s + '}', 'g')
-      to = subs[s]
-      if !to?
-        to = ''
-      text = text.replace(r, to)
-    text
-  createElement: ->
-    container = document.createElement('div')
-    container.innerHTML = this
-    container.removeChild container.firstChild
-
 window.onerror = (error, file, line) ->
   ReportError error, file, line, null
   return
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/utils/dom.coffee b/app/javascript/src/utils/dom.coffee
index 5fcf494e8..9670fbd07 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/utils/dom.coffee
+++ b/app/javascript/src/utils/dom.coffee
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ export escapeHtml = (str) -> str.replace(/[&<>"']/g, (str) => ({
 export hideEl = (el) -> el.style.display = 'none'
 
 export showEl = (el) -> el.style.display = ''
+
+export stringToDom = (str) ->
+  container = document.createElement('div')
+  container.innerHTML = str
+
+  container.firstChild