diff --git a/templates/emails/admin-cancelled-order.php b/templates/emails/admin-cancelled-order.php
index e8b49b109de..8c9f05f83c2 100644
--- a/templates/emails/admin-cancelled-order.php
+++ b/templates/emails/admin-cancelled-order.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
 do_action( 'woocommerce_email_header', $email_heading, $email ); ?>
 
 <?php /* translators: %1$s: Order number, %2$s: Customer full name.  */ ?>
-<p><?php printf( esc_html__( 'Alas. Just to let you know &mdash; order #%1$s belonging to %2$s has been cancelled:', 'woocommerce' ), esc_html( esc_html( $order->get_order_number(), $order->get_formatted_billing_full_name() ) ) ); ?></p>
+<p><?php printf( esc_html__( 'Alas. Just to let you know &mdash; order #%1$s belonging to %2$s has been cancelled:', 'woocommerce' ), esc_html( $order->get_order_number() ), esc_html( $order->get_formatted_billing_full_name() ) ); ?></p>
 
 <?php
 
diff --git a/templates/emails/plain/admin-cancelled-order.php b/templates/emails/plain/admin-cancelled-order.php
index 62ac95c5e3f..b2b9be3fecd 100644
--- a/templates/emails/plain/admin-cancelled-order.php
+++ b/templates/emails/plain/admin-cancelled-order.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
 echo '= ' . esc_html( $email_heading ) . " =\n\n";
 
 /* translators: %1$s: Customer full name. %2$s: Order numer */
-echo sprintf( esc_html__( 'Alas. Just to let you know &mdash; order #%1$s belonging to %2$s has been cancelled:', 'woocommerce' ), esc_html( esc_html( $order->get_order_number(), $order->get_formatted_billing_full_name() ) ) ) . "\n\n";
+echo sprintf( esc_html__( 'Alas. Just to let you know &mdash; order #%1$s belonging to %2$s has been cancelled:', 'woocommerce' ), esc_html( $order->get_order_number() ), esc_html( $order->get_formatted_billing_full_name() ) ) . "\n\n";
 
 echo "=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n\n";