diff --git a/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Ripostes.xml b/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Ripostes.xml
index abcd10ee5..a4c130727 100644
--- a/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Ripostes.xml
+++ b/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Ripostes.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
   </TAUNT>
   <TAUNT>
     <uiIndex>24</uiIndex>
-    <szText>We’ll see who's about to teach whom!</szText>
+    <szText>We'll see who's about to teach whom!</szText>
     <riposte_quote>1</riposte_quote>
     <target_merc_profile>4</target_merc_profile>
   </TAUNT>
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
   </TAUNT>
   <TAUNT>
     <uiIndex>62</uiIndex>
-    <szText>We’ll see about that...</szText>
+    <szText>We'll see about that...</szText>
     <riposte_quote>1</riposte_quote>
     <target_merc_profile>13</target_merc_profile>
   </TAUNT>
diff --git a/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Suspicious.xml b/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Suspicious.xml
index 9519160d2..c93f911ed 100644
--- a/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Suspicious.xml
+++ b/gamedir/Data/TableData/EnemyTaunts/EnemyTaunts_Suspicious.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   </TAUNT>
   <TAUNT>
     <uiIndex>3</uiIndex>
-    <szText>Possible contact! Oh, I hope it's them. I haven’t killed anything in a long time.</szText>
+    <szText>Possible contact! Oh, I hope it's them. I haven't killed anything in a long time.</szText>
     <suspicious>1</suspicious>
     <aggressive>1</aggressive>
   </TAUNT>