diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 416b8835c..6bd4c4b02 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ def create_app():
 
     application.session_interface = ItsdangerousSessionInterface()
 
-    application.add_template_filter(nl2br)
     application.add_template_filter(format_datetime)
     application.add_template_filter(format_datetime_24h)
     application.add_template_filter(format_datetime_normal)
@@ -190,14 +189,6 @@ def convert_to_boolean(value):
     return value
 
 
-def nl2br(value):
-    _paragraph_re = re.compile(r'(?:\r\n|\r|\n){2,}')
-
-    result = u'\n\n'.join(u'<p>%s</p>' % p.replace('\n', Markup('<br>\n'))
-                          for p in _paragraph_re.split(escape(value)))
-    return Markup(result)
-
-
 def linkable_name(value):
     return urllib.parse.quote_plus(value)