diff --git a/internal/engine/errors/errors_test.go b/internal/engine/errors/errors_test.go
index c3729969f2..09110bd40c 100644
--- a/internal/engine/errors/errors_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/errors/errors_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/stacklok/minder/internal/engine/eval/templates"
 )
 
 func TestLegacyEvaluationDetailRendering(t *testing.T) {
@@ -113,15 +111,6 @@ func TestEvaluationDetailRendering(t *testing.T) {
 			error:   "evaluation failure: this is the message",
 			details: "evaluation failure: this is the message",
 		},
-		// vulncheck template
-		{
-			name:    "vulncheck template",
-			msg:     "this is the message",
-			tmpl:    templates.VulncheckTemplate,
-			args:    map[string]any{"packages": []string{"boto3", "urllib3", "python-oauth2"}},
-			error:   "evaluation failure: this is the message",
-			details: "Vulnerable packages found:\n* `boto3`\n* `urllib3`\n* `python-oauth2`\n",
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/internal/engine/eval/templates/vulncheckTemplate.tmpl b/internal/engine/eval/templates/vulncheckTemplate.tmpl
index 45e8232e56..0f4b0f2fa2 100644
--- a/internal/engine/eval/templates/vulncheckTemplate.tmpl
+++ b/internal/engine/eval/templates/vulncheckTemplate.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Vulnerable packages found:
 {{- range .packages }}
-* `{{- . -}}`
+* {{ . }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/internal/engine/eval/vulncheck/vulncheck_test.go b/internal/engine/eval/vulncheck/vulncheck_test.go
index 15cca4052b..59f82fec3a 100644
--- a/internal/engine/eval/vulncheck/vulncheck_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/eval/vulncheck/vulncheck_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestEvaluationDetailRendering(t *testing.T) {
 			tmpl:    templates.VulncheckTemplate,
 			args:    map[string]any{"packages": []string{"boto3", "urllib3", "python-oauth2"}},
 			error:   "evaluation failure: this is the message",
-			details: "Vulnerable packages found:\n* `boto3`\n* `urllib3`\n* `python-oauth2`\n",
+			details: "Vulnerable packages found:\n* boto3\n* urllib3\n* python-oauth2\n",
 		},
 	}