diff --git a/app/helpers/format-email.js b/app/helpers/format-email.js
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--- a/app/helpers/format-email.js
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-import { helper } from '@ember/component/helper';
-import { htmlSafe } from '@ember/template';
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-const escape = Ember.Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression;
-
-export function formatEmail(email) {
-  let formatted = email.match(/^(.*?)\s*(?:<(.*)>)?$/);
-  let ret = '';
-
-  ret += escape(formatted[1]);
-
-  if (formatted[2]) {
-    ret = `<a href='mailto:${escape(formatted[2])}'>${ret}</a>`;
-  }
-
-  return htmlSafe(ret);
-}
-
-export default helper(params => formatEmail(params[0]));
diff --git a/tests/unit/helpers/format-email-test.js b/tests/unit/helpers/format-email-test.js
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index 07eaff0b095..00000000000
--- a/tests/unit/helpers/format-email-test.js
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-import { module, test } from 'qunit';
-
-import { formatEmail } from '../../../helpers/format-email';
-
-module('Unit | Helper | format-email', function () {
-  // Replace this with your real tests.
-  test('it works', function (assert) {
-    assert.strictEqual(formatEmail('foo').toString(), 'foo');
-    assert.strictEqual(formatEmail('foo <foo@bar.com>').toString(), `<a href='mailto:foo@bar.com'>foo</a>`);
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      formatEmail('<script></script> <foo@bar.com>').toString(),
-      `<a href='mailto:script&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;foo@bar.com'></a>`,
-    );
-    assert.strictEqual(formatEmail('').toString(), '');
-    assert.strictEqual(formatEmail('test <foo').toString(), 'test &lt;foo');
-  });
-});