diff --git a/renderers/FrxChart.inc b/renderers/FrxChart.inc
index c5b42061931742a53a813c3c5ebce18eed6c434e..d32f260528f5737513551f60507548b788c565f2 100755
--- a/renderers/FrxChart.inc
+++ b/renderers/FrxChart.inc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class FrxChart extends FrxRenderer {
 
         $val = $this->teng->replace($data_path, TRUE);
         if ($label_path) {
-          $key = $this->teng->replace($label_path, TRUE);
+          $key = strip_tags($this->teng->replace($label_path, FALSE));
         }
         else {
           $key = $i;