diff --git a/.vale/templates/bot-comment-output.tmpl b/.vale/templates/bot-comment-output.tmpl
index 4b1ae38871c1..dfa97978e17a 100644
--- a/.vale/templates/bot-comment-output.tmpl
+++ b/.vale/templates/bot-comment-output.tmpl
@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@
         {{- /* Variables setup */ -}}
         {{- $loc := printf "%d" .Line -}}
         {{- $check := printf "%s" .Check -}}
-        {{- /* Escape special characters for valid JSON */ -}}
-        {{- $message := replace "\\" "\\\\" (printf "%s" .Message) -}}
-        {{- $message = replace "\"" "\\\"" $message -}}
-        {{- $message = replace "\n" "\\n" $message -}}
-        {{- $message = replace "\r" "\\r" $message -}}
-        {{- $message = replace "\t" "\\t" $message -}}
+        {{- $message := printf "%s" .Message -}}
         {{- /* Only add a link for RedHat rule errors */ -}}
         {{- $link := "" -}}
         {{- if contains "RedHat." .Check -}}
diff --git a/scripts/prow-vale-review.sh b/scripts/prow-vale-review.sh
index 4338b0ebf872..ef139b7917e6 100755
--- a/scripts/prow-vale-review.sh
+++ b/scripts/prow-vale-review.sh
@@ -23,19 +23,7 @@ function post_review_comment {
     BODY=$1
     FILENAME=$2
     echo "Sending review comment curl request..."
-    # Use jq to excruciatingly craft JSON payload
-    # jq -n because we're constructing from scratch per https://jqlang.org/manual/
-    # --arg for string, --argjson for integer
-    # body constructed from https://docs.github.com/en/rest/pulls/comments?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-a-review-comment-for-a-pull-request
-    payload=$(jq -n \
-        --arg body "$BODY" \
-        --arg commit_id "$COMMIT_ID" \
-        --arg path "$FILENAME" \
-        --argjson line "$LINE_NUMBER" \
-        '{body: $body, commit_id: $commit_id, path: $path, line: $line, side: "RIGHT"}')
-    echo "DEBUG payload:" "$payload"
-    curl -L -X POST -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" https://api.github.com/repos/openshift/openshift-docs/pulls/$PULL_NUMBER/comments -d "$payload"
-
+    curl -L -X POST -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" https://api.github.com/repos/openshift/openshift-docs/pulls/$PULL_NUMBER/comments -d '{"body":"'"$BODY"'","commit_id":"'"$COMMIT_ID"'","path":"'"$FILENAME"'","line":'"$LINE_NUMBER"',"side":"RIGHT"}'
 }
 
 function get_vale_errors {