diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
index 4b759b20..dc9ca57c 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
@@ -364,8 +364,6 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
                             converted = yield synt.convert(data[attr], synt.getCurrentSyntax(profile), "XHTML")
                             if '{}_xhtml'.format(elem_name) in data:
                                 raise failure.Failure(exceptions.DataError(_("Can't have xhtml and rich content at the same time")))
-                        else:  # clean the XHTML input
-                            converted = yield synt.cleanXHTML(data[attr])
 
                         xml_content = u'<div xmlns="{ns}">{converted}</div>'.format(
                                         ns=NS_XHTML,