diff --git a/classes/class-wc-settings-api.php b/classes/class-wc-settings-api.php
index 3b0048869c3..0dfd0cc1fe3 100644
--- a/classes/class-wc-settings-api.php
+++ b/classes/class-wc-settings-api.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class WC_Settings_API {
 			$html .= '<td class="forminp">' . "\n";
 				$html .= '<fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span>' . $title . '</span></legend>' . "\n";
 				$html .= '<label for="' . $this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key . '">';
-				$html .= '<textarea rows="3" cols="20" class="input-text wide-input '.$data['class'].'" name="' . $this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key . '" id="' . $this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key . '" style="'.$data['css'].'">'.esc_textarea($this->settings[$key]).'</textarea>';
+				$html .= '<textarea rows="3" cols="20" class="input-text wide-input '.$data['class'].'" name="' . $this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key . '" id="' . $this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key . '" style="'.$data['css'].'">'. esc_attr($this->settings[$key]) .'</textarea>';
 				if ( isset( $data['description'] ) && $data['description'] != '' ) { $html .= '<span class="description">' . $data['description'] . '</span>' . "\n"; }
 			$html .= '</fieldset>';
 			$html .= '</td>' . "\n";
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class WC_Settings_API {
     	$text = (isset($this->settings[$key])) ? $this->settings[$key] : '';
     	
     	if ( isset( $_POST[$this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key] ) ) {
-    		$text = esc_attr( trim( $_POST[$this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key] ) );
+    		$text = esc_attr( trim( stripslashes( $_POST[$this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key] ) ) );
     	}
     	
     	return $text;
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class WC_Settings_API {
     	$text = (isset($this->settings[$key])) ? $this->settings[$key] : '';
     	
     	if ( isset( $_POST[$this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key] ) ) {
-    		$text = esc_attr( trim( $_POST[$this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key] ) );
+    		$text = esc_attr( trim( stripslashes( $_POST[$this->plugin_id . $this->id . '_' . $key] ) ) );
     	}
     	
     	return $text;