diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 1aeb7a9250..d153fb964f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ function remove_accents($string) {
 		chr(197).chr(188) => 'z', chr(197).chr(189) => 'Z',
 		chr(197).chr(190) => 'z', chr(197).chr(191) => 's',
 		// Euro Sign
-		chr(226).chr(130).chr(172) => 'E');
+		chr(226).chr(130).chr(172) => 'E',
+		// GBP (Pound) Sign
+		chr(194).chr(163) => '');
 
 		$string = strtr($string, $chars);
 	} else {