diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php b/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
index 557645b0d6..a6639976c4 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ class factory implements \phpbb\textformatter\cache
 		// Convert newlines to br elements by default
 		$configurator->rootRules->enableAutoLineBreaks();
 
+		// Don't automatically ignore text in places where text is not allowed
+		$configurator->rulesGenerator->remove('IgnoreTextIfDisallowed');
+
 		// Set the rendering engine and configure it to save to the cache dir
 		$configurator->rendering->engine = 'PHP';
 		$configurator->rendering->engine->cacheDir = $this->cache_dir;
diff --git a/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php b/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php
index b28c8b157e..94d46a58b7 100644
--- a/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php
+++ b/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class phpbb_textformatter_s9e_default_formatting_test extends phpbb_test_case
 			),
 			array(
 				'[list]no item[/list]',
-				'<ul></ul>'
+				'<ul>no item</ul>'
 			),
 			array(
 				'[*]unparsed',