diff --git a/C4/Labels/Label.pm b/C4/Labels/Label.pm
index eb2800680c..5ea571952e 100644
--- a/C4/Labels/Label.pm
+++ b/C4/Labels/Label.pm
@@ -423,8 +423,9 @@ sub draw_label_text {
         else {
             if ($field_data) {
                 $field_data =~ s/\/$//g;       # Here we will strip out all trailing '/' in fields other than the call number...
-                $field_data =~ s/\(/\\\(/g;    # Escape '(' and ')' for the pdf object stream...
-                $field_data =~ s/\)/\\\)/g;
+                # Escaping the parens was causing odd output, see bug 13124
+                # $field_data =~ s/\(/\\\(/g;    # Escape '(' and ')' for the pdf object stream...
+                # $field_data =~ s/\)/\\\)/g;
             }
             eval{$Text::Wrap::columns = $self->{'text_wrap_cols'};};
             my @line = split(/\n/ ,wrap('', '', $field_data));