diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Html/RteHtmlParser.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Html/RteHtmlParser.php
index 45be33b6303937fc3f25b6d8102258869b4d572c..f35e214fe6bd0b9ec919927822f9547e9dd319a2 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Html/RteHtmlParser.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Html/RteHtmlParser.php
@@ -908,9 +908,7 @@ class RteHtmlParser extends HtmlParser
         $keepTags = $this->getKeepTags('db');
         // Default: remove unknown tags.
         $keepUnknownTags = (bool)$this->procOptions['dontRemoveUnknownTags_db'];
-        // Default: re-convert literals to characters (that is &lt; to <)
-        $hSC = $this->procOptions['dontUndoHSC_db'] ? 0 : -1;
-        return $this->HTMLcleaner($content, $keepTags, $keepUnknownTags, $hSC);
+        return $this->HTMLcleaner($content, $keepTags, $keepUnknownTags);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1124,8 +1122,6 @@ class RteHtmlParser extends HtmlParser
         $keepTags = $this->getKeepTags('rte');
         // Default: remove unknown tags.
         $kUknown = $this->procOptions['dontProtectUnknownTags_rte'] ? 0 : 'protect';
-        // Default: re-convert literals to characters (that is &lt; to <)
-        $hSC = $this->procOptions['dontHSC_rte'] ? 0 : 1;
         $convNBSP = !$this->procOptions['dontConvAmpInNBSP_rte'] ? 1 : 0;
         // Divide the content into lines, based on LF:
         $parts = explode(LF, $value);
@@ -1136,7 +1132,7 @@ class RteHtmlParser extends HtmlParser
                 $parts[$k] = '&nbsp;';
             } else {
                 // Clean the line content:
-                $parts[$k] = $this->HTMLcleaner($parts[$k], $keepTags, $kUknown, $hSC);
+                $parts[$k] = $this->HTMLcleaner($parts[$k], $keepTags, $kUknown);
                 if ($convNBSP) {
                     $parts[$k] = str_replace('&amp;nbsp;', '&nbsp;', $parts[$k]);
                 }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Breaking-72889-RemovedRteHtmlParserHtmlspecialcharsTransformationOptions.rst b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Breaking-72889-RemovedRteHtmlParserHtmlspecialcharsTransformationOptions.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d97675e0030c1c3e9672f35f1c7e1a14f4fb6391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Breaking-72889-RemovedRteHtmlParserHtmlspecialcharsTransformationOptions.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+==================================================================================
+Breaking: #72889 - Removed RteHtmlParser htmlspecialchars() transformation options
+==================================================================================
+
+Description
+===========
+
+The TSconfig options ``RTE.default.proc.dontHSC_rte`` and ``RTE.default.proc.dontUndoHSC_db`` were removed from the TYPO3 Core.
+
+
+Impact
+======
+
+Setting these options have no effect anymore.
+
+
+Affected Installations
+======================
+
+Any installation using these options for properly applying htmlspecialchars() to the RTE content when cleaning the HTML
+input from an RTE and vice versa.
+
+
+Migration
+=========
+
+Use ``entryHtmlParser`` and ``exitHtmlParser`` to apply htmlspecialchars while transforming content from the RTE or to the RTE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/Configuration/PageTSconfig/Proc/pageTSConfig.txt b/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/Configuration/PageTSconfig/Proc/pageTSConfig.txt
index 2ee5bde67e36ca0b7cf478b6c1a35a18884bae82..0d4754bcad69945377d1abeb3916304b55063da2 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/Configuration/PageTSconfig/Proc/pageTSConfig.txt
+++ b/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/Configuration/PageTSconfig/Proc/pageTSConfig.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ RTE.default.proc {
 		## REMAP BOLD AND ITALIC TO STRONG AND EMPHASIS AND VICE VERSA
 	transformBoldAndItalicTags = 1
 
-		## ALLOW TO WRITE ABOUT HTML
-	dontUndoHSC_db = 1
-	dontHSC_rte = 1
-
 		## CONTENT TO DATABASE
 	entryHTMLparser_db = 1
 	entryHTMLparser_db {