diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
index c518017a..8e8f912e 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
@@ -176,11 +176,7 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
                 if data_elt.uri != NS_XHTML:
                     raise failure.Failure(exceptions.DataError(_('Content of type XHTML must declare its namespace!')))
                 key = check_conflict(u'{}_xhtml'.format(elem.name))
-
-                # This is needed to avoid a successive encapsulation with a new <div>...</div>
-                # each time the item is modified (encapsulation is done in self.data2entry).
-                data = xml_tools.decapsulateDomishContent(data_elt)
-
+                data = data_elt.toXml()
                 microblog_data[key] = yield self.host.plugins["TEXT-SYNTAXES"].clean_xhtml(data)
             else:
                 key = check_conflict(elem.name)
diff --git a/src/tools/xml_tools.py b/src/tools/xml_tools.py
index 92efdaff..248a737e 100644
--- a/src/tools/xml_tools.py
+++ b/src/tools/xml_tools.py
@@ -1355,21 +1355,6 @@ class ElementParser(object):
         return self.result.firstChildElement()
 
 
-def decapsulateDomishContent(elt):
-    """Return the inner content of a domish.Element.
-
-    @param elt (domish.Element)
-    @return unicode
-    """
-    result = ''
-    for child in elt.children:
-        try:
-            result += child.toXml()  # child id a domish.Element
-        except AttributeError:
-            result += child  # child is unicode
-    return result
-
-
 # FIXME: this method is duplicated from frontends.tools.xmlui.getText
 def getText(node):
     """Get child text nodes of a domish.Element.