diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js
index 2793225d0c..9339ae8bcc 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ function layerDetailsPageInit (ctx) {
           break;
       }
 
-      alertMsg.append("You have deleted <strong>1</strong> layer from <a id=\"project-affected-name\"></a>: <span id=\"layer-affected-name\"></span>");
+      alertMsg.append("You have deleted <strong>1</strong> layer from <a id=\"project-affected-name\"></a>: <strong id=\"layer-affected-name\"></strong>");
     }
 
-    alertMsg.children("#layer-affected-name").html("<strong>" + ctx.layerVersion.name + "</strong>");
+    alertMsg.children("#layer-affected-name").text(ctx.layerVersion.name);
     alertMsg.children("#project-affected-name").text(ctx.projectName);
     alertMsg.children("#project-affected-name").attr("href", ctx.projectPageUrl);
     $("#alert-area").show();