diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js
index e695a845ff5..2e21299770b 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js
@@ -1599,9 +1599,7 @@ describe('ReactDOMComponent', () => {
           ),
         ),
       ).toBe(
-        '<div title="&#x27;&quot;&lt;&gt;&amp;" style="text-align:&#x27;&quot;&lt;&gt;&amp;">' +
-          '&#x27;&quot;&lt;&gt;&amp;' +
-          '</div>',
+        `<div title=\"'&quot;<>&amp;\" style=\"text-align:'&quot;<>&amp;\">'\"&lt;&gt;&amp;</div>`,
       );
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextForBrowser-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextForBrowser-test.js
index 08d324daae3..eab3468a9fc 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextForBrowser-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextForBrowser-test.js
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ describe('escapeTextForBrowser', () => {
     expect(response).toMatch('<span data-reactroot="">&amp;</span>');
   });
 
-  it('double quote is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
+  it('double quote is not escaped when passed as text content', () => {
     const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(<span>{'"'}</span>);
-    expect(response).toMatch('<span data-reactroot="">&quot;</span>');
+    expect(response).toMatch('<span data-reactroot="">"</span>');
   });
 
-  it('single quote is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
+  it('single quote is not escaped when passed as text content', () => {
     const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(<span>{"'"}</span>);
-    expect(response).toMatch('<span data-reactroot="">&#x27;</span>');
+    expect(response).toMatch(`<span data-reactroot="">'</span>`);
   });
 
   it('greater than entity is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ describe('escapeTextForBrowser', () => {
       <span>{'<script type=\'\' src=""></script>'}</span>,
     );
     expect(response).toMatch(
-      '<span data-reactroot="">&lt;script type=&#x27;&#x27; ' +
-        'src=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</span>',
+      `<span data-reactroot=\"\">&lt;script type='' src=\"\"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</span>`,
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser-test.js
index fc2a711149f..b47bef812ca 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser-test.js
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ describe('quoteAttributeValueForBrowser', () => {
     expect(response).toMatch('<img data-attr="&quot;" data-reactroot=""/>');
   });
 
-  it('single quote is escaped inside attributes', () => {
+  it('single quote is not escaped inside attributes', () => {
     const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(<img data-attr="'" />);
-    expect(response).toMatch('<img data-attr="&#x27;" data-reactroot=""/>');
+    expect(response).toMatch(`<img data-attr="'" data-reactroot=""/>`);
   });
 
-  it('greater than entity is escaped inside attributes', () => {
+  it('greater than entity is not escaped inside attributes', () => {
     const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(<img data-attr=">" />);
-    expect(response).toMatch('<img data-attr="&gt;" data-reactroot=""/>');
+    expect(response).toMatch('<img data-attr=">" data-reactroot=""/>');
   });
 
-  it('lower than entity is escaped inside attributes', () => {
+  it('lower than entity is not escaped inside attributes', () => {
     const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(<img data-attr="<" />);
-    expect(response).toMatch('<img data-attr="&lt;" data-reactroot=""/>');
+    expect(response).toMatch('<img data-attr="<" data-reactroot=""/>');
   });
 
   it('number is escaped to string inside attributes', () => {
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ describe('quoteAttributeValueForBrowser', () => {
       <img data-attr={'<script type=\'\' src=""></script>'} />,
     );
     expect(response).toMatch(
-      '<img data-attr="&lt;script type=&#x27;&#x27; ' +
-        'src=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;" ' +
-        'data-reactroot=""/>',
+      `<img data-attr=\"<script type='' src=&quot;&quot;></script>\" data-reactroot=\"\"/>`,
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js b/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js
index dfc1aba8c88..0f44144a068 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/server/ReactPartialRenderer.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import {
   createMarkupForProperty,
   createMarkupForRoot,
 } from './DOMMarkupOperations';
-import escapeTextForBrowser from './escapeTextForBrowser';
+import {escapeText} from './escapeTextForBrowser';
 import {
   prepareToUseHooks,
   finishHooks,
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ function getNonChildrenInnerMarkup(props) {
   } else {
     const content = props.children;
     if (typeof content === 'string' || typeof content === 'number') {
-      return escapeTextForBrowser(content);
+      return escapeText(content);
     }
   }
   return null;
@@ -886,13 +886,13 @@ class ReactDOMServerRenderer {
         return '';
       }
       if (this.makeStaticMarkup) {
-        return escapeTextForBrowser(text);
+        return escapeText(text);
       }
       if (this.previousWasTextNode) {
-        return '<!-- -->' + escapeTextForBrowser(text);
+        return '<!-- -->' + escapeText(text);
       }
       this.previousWasTextNode = true;
-      return escapeTextForBrowser(text);
+      return escapeText(text);
     } else {
       let nextChild;
       ({child: nextChild, context} = resolve(child, context, this.threadID));
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/server/escapeTextForBrowser.js b/packages/react-dom/src/server/escapeTextForBrowser.js
index 2a5a91aafde..679fd1695fa 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/server/escapeTextForBrowser.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/server/escapeTextForBrowser.js
@@ -30,82 +30,81 @@
  * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-// code copied and modified from escape-html
-/**
- * Module variables.
- * @private
- */
-
-const matchHtmlRegExp = /["'&<>]/;
-
-/**
- * Escapes special characters and HTML entities in a given html string.
- *
- * @param  {string} string HTML string to escape for later insertion
- * @return {string}
- * @public
- */
-
-function escapeHtml(string) {
-  const str = '' + string;
-  const match = matchHtmlRegExp.exec(str);
-
-  if (!match) {
-    return str;
-  }
-
-  let escape;
-  let html = '';
-  let index;
-  let lastIndex = 0;
-
-  for (index = match.index; index < str.length; index++) {
-    switch (str.charCodeAt(index)) {
-      case 34: // "
-        escape = '&quot;';
-        break;
-      case 38: // &
-        escape = '&amp;';
-        break;
-      case 39: // '
-        escape = '&#x27;'; // modified from escape-html; used to be '&#39'
-        break;
-      case 60: // <
-        escape = '&lt;';
-        break;
-      case 62: // >
-        escape = '&gt;';
-        break;
-      default:
-        continue;
+// double quotes and single quotes are allowed in text nodes
+export function escapeText(text: string | number): string {
+  if (typeof text === 'string') {
+    if (
+      text.indexOf('&') === -1 &&
+      text.indexOf('<') === -1 &&
+      text.indexOf('>') === -1
+    ) {
+      return text;
     }
 
-    if (lastIndex !== index) {
-      html += str.substring(lastIndex, index);
+    let result = text;
+    let start = 0;
+    let i = 0;
+    for (; i < text.length; ++i) {
+      let escape;
+      switch (text.charCodeAt(i)) {
+        case 38: // &
+          escape = '&amp;';
+          break;
+        case 60: // <
+          escape = '&lt;';
+          break;
+        case 62: // >
+          escape = '&gt;';
+          break;
+        default:
+          continue;
+      }
+      if (i > start) {
+        escape = text.slice(start, i) + escape;
+      }
+      result = start > 0 ? result + escape : escape;
+      start = i + 1;
     }
-
-    lastIndex = index + 1;
-    html += escape;
+    if (i !== start) {
+      return result + text.slice(start, i);
+    }
+    return result;
   }
-
-  return lastIndex !== index ? html + str.substring(lastIndex, index) : html;
+  return text.toString();
 }
-// end code copied and modified from escape-html
 
-/**
- * Escapes text to prevent scripting attacks.
- *
- * @param {*} text Text value to escape.
- * @return {string} An escaped string.
- */
-function escapeTextForBrowser(text) {
-  if (typeof text === 'boolean' || typeof text === 'number') {
-    // this shortcircuit helps perf for types that we know will never have
-    // special characters, especially given that this function is used often
-    // for numeric dom ids.
-    return '' + text;
+// <, > and single quotes are allowed in attribute values
+export function escapeAttributeValue(text: string | number): string {
+  if (typeof text === 'string') {
+    if (text.indexOf('"') === -1 && text.indexOf('&') === -1) {
+      return text;
+    }
+
+    let result = text;
+    let start = 0;
+    let i = 0;
+    for (; i < text.length; ++i) {
+      let escape;
+      switch (text.charCodeAt(i)) {
+        case 34: // "
+          escape = '&quot;';
+          break;
+        case 38: // &
+          escape = '&amp;';
+          break;
+        default:
+          continue;
+      }
+      if (i > start) {
+        escape = text.slice(start, i) + escape;
+      }
+      result = start > 0 ? result + escape : escape;
+      start = i + 1;
+    }
+    if (i !== start) {
+      return result + text.slice(start, i);
+    }
+    return result;
   }
-  return escapeHtml(text);
+  return text.toString();
 }
-
-export default escapeTextForBrowser;
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/server/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser.js b/packages/react-dom/src/server/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser.js
index b628155168c..bf96291b2a7 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/server/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/server/quoteAttributeValueForBrowser.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import escapeTextForBrowser from './escapeTextForBrowser';
+import {escapeAttributeValue} from './escapeTextForBrowser';
 
 /**
  * Escapes attribute value to prevent scripting attacks.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import escapeTextForBrowser from './escapeTextForBrowser';
  * @return {string} An escaped string.
  */
 function quoteAttributeValueForBrowser(value) {
-  return '"' + escapeTextForBrowser(value) + '"';
+  return '"' + escapeAttributeValue(value) + '"';
 }
 
 export default quoteAttributeValueForBrowser;