diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/gather_print_notices.pl b/misc/cronjobs/gather_print_notices.pl
index 9e4cd44f0a..7df736354f 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/gather_print_notices.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/gather_print_notices.pl
@@ -106,14 +106,6 @@ $ods_filenames = print_notices({
 }) if $ods;
 
 if ( $html ) {
-    ## carriage return replaced by <br/> as output is html
-    foreach my $message (@all_messages) {
-        local $_ = $message->{'content'};
-        s/\n/<br \/>/g;
-        s/\r//g;
-        $message->{'content'} = $_;
-    }
-
     $html_filenames = print_notices({
         messages => \@all_messages,
         split => $split,