diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 86080d677..d9de8279d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -934,9 +934,7 @@ function make_url_footnote( $content ) {
 function xmlrpc_getposttitle( $content ) {
 	global $post_default_title;
 	if ( preg_match( '/<title>(.+?)<\/title>/is', $content, $matchtitle ) ) {
-		$post_title = $matchtitle[0];
-		$post_title = preg_replace( '/<title>/si', '', $post_title );
-		$post_title = preg_replace( '/<\/title>/si', '', $post_title );
+		$post_title = $matchtitle[1];
 	} else {
 		$post_title = $post_default_title;
 	}