diff --git a/src/imxml2django.py b/src/imxml2django.py
index cbc19f4..8396c08 100755
--- a/src/imxml2django.py
+++ b/src/imxml2django.py
@@ -2010,6 +2010,11 @@ def bring_footnote_down_django(footnote, fragment, footnote_number, object_numbe
 collagelinks = xmlDjangoTree.xpath(".//a[@type='collage']/originalcontents/a")
 for link in collagelinks:
     link.tag = "temp"
+
+some_empty_tags = xmlDjangoTree.xpath(".//anchor[not(node())] | .//b[not(node())]")
+for tag in some_empty_tags:
+        tag.tag = "tagtobestripped"
+
 etree.strip_tags(xmlDjangoTree, "temp", "citetext", "EOAprintbibliography", "originalcontents", "tagtobestripped")
 etree.strip_elements(xmlDjangoTree, "citekey", "elementtoberemoved", with_tail=False)
 etree.strip_attributes(xmlDjangoTree, "id-text", "id", "noindent", "type", "label", "spacebefore")#, "rend")