diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
index ef77f3d7..5f6d2f97 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
                 data = xml_tools.decapsulateDomishContent(data_elt)
 
                 microblog_data[key] = yield self.host.plugins["TEXT-SYNTAXES"].clean_xhtml(data)
-                microblog_data[key] = xml_tools.expandNewLinesToXHTML(microblog_data[key])
             else:
                 key = check_conflict(elem.name)
                 microblog_data[key] = unicode(elem)