diff --git a/mpicms/base/templatetags/md_tags.py b/mpicms/base/templatetags/md_tags.py
index ceef597..9b78149 100644
--- a/mpicms/base/templatetags/md_tags.py
+++ b/mpicms/base/templatetags/md_tags.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import markdown as md_module
 from markdown.extensions.extra import ExtraExtension
 from markdown.extensions.codehilite import CodeHiliteExtension
-from markdown.extensions.nl2br import Nl2BrExtension
 from markdown.extensions.sane_lists import SaneListExtension
 from markdown.extensions.smarty import SmartyExtension
 from markdown.extensions.admonition import AdmonitionExtension
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ def markdown(text):
             extensions=[
                 ExtraExtension(),
                 CodeHiliteExtension(guess_lang=False),
-                Nl2BrExtension(),
                 SaneListExtension(),
                 SmartyExtension(smart_angled_quotes=True),
                 AdmonitionExtension(),