diff --git a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
index aefaf5ed1..c72793f17 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
@@ -2463,6 +2463,7 @@ class e_parse extends e_parser
 		if($this->isHtml($text) === true) // strip any html.
 		{
 			$text = $this->toHTML($text,true);
+			$text = str_replace("\n","",$text); // clean-out line-breaks.
 			$text = str_ireplace( array("<br>","<br />","<br/>"), "\n", $text);
 			$text = strip_tags($text);
 		}
diff --git a/e107_tests/tests/unit/e_parseTest.php b/e107_tests/tests/unit/e_parseTest.php
index b32e8248b..1a399022f 100644
--- a/e107_tests/tests/unit/e_parseTest.php
+++ b/e107_tests/tests/unit/e_parseTest.php
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ TMP;
 				0   => array('html'=>"<h1><a href='#'>My Caption</a></h1>", 'expected' => 'My Caption'),
 				1   => array('html'=>"<div><h1><a href='#'>My Caption</a></h1></div>", 'expected' => 'My Caption'),
 				2   => array('html'=>'Line 1<br />Line 2<br />Line 3<br />', 'expected'=> "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3\n"),
+				3   => array('html'=>"Line 1<br />\nLine 2<br />\nLine 3<br />", 'expected'=> "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3\n"),
 			);