diff --git a/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/Text.php b/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/Text.php
index 5207531bfe4dd9144112558b0d2435ae1cc3c45e..ccbe2f792f93b685461e35c5ed9b17a0a85c26a5 100644
--- a/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/Text.php
+++ b/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/Text.php
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class Vtiger_Text_UIType extends Vtiger_Base_UIType {
 		if(in_array($this->get('field')->getFieldName(),array('signature','commentcontent'))) {
 			return $value;
 		}
+                if($removeTags){
+                    $value = strip_tags($value,'<br>');
+                }
 		return nl2br(purifyHtmlEventAttributes($value, true));
 	}