diff --git a/code/modules/tooltip/tooltip.dm b/code/modules/tooltip/tooltip.dm
index 3a12d580c4..afafbbdf66 100644
--- a/code/modules/tooltip/tooltip.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tooltip/tooltip.dm
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ Notes:
 	else if (!title && content)
 		content = "<p>[content]</p>"
 
+	// Strip macros from item names
+	title = replacetext(title, "\proper", "")
+	title = replacetext(title, "\improper", "")
+
 	//Make our dumb param object
 	params = {"{ "cursor": "[params]", "screenLoc": "[thing.screen_loc]" }"}