diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
index 1f4483a8e0..aa7f817eff 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class html
 		}
 		if ($text === False) return ' onmouseover="'.$opt_out.'return escape(this.innerHTML);"';
 
-		return ' onmouseover="'.$opt_out.'return escape(\''.str_replace(array("\n","\r","'",'"'),array('<br />','',"\\'",'&quot;'),$text).'\')"';
+		return ' onmouseover="'.$opt_out.'return escape(\''.str_replace(array("\n","\r","'",'"'),array('','',"\\'",'&quot;'),$text).'\')"';
 	}
 
 	function activate_links($content)