diff --git a/secretary.py b/secretary.py
index bc828e2..2a21714 100644
--- a/secretary.py
+++ b/secretary.py
@@ -439,21 +439,6 @@ class Renderer(object):
 
         return xml_text
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_escaped_var_value(value):
-        """
-        Encodes XML reserved chars in value (eg. &, <, >) and also replaces
-        the control chars \n and \t control chars to their ODF counterparts.
-        """
-        value = Markup.escape(value)
-        return (
-            value.replace('\n', Markup('<text:line-break/>'))
-                 .replace('\t', Markup('<text:tab/>'))
-                 .replace('\x0b', '<text:space/>')
-                 .replace('\x0c', '<text:space/>')
-        )
-
-
     def add_media_to_archive(self, media, mime, name=''):
         """
         Adds to "Pictures" archive folder the file in `media` and register