diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
index 7c18b8c142..04db7bd725 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ export default class TextualBody extends React.Component {
     _addCodeElement(pre) {
         const code = document.createElement("code");
         code.append(...pre.childNodes);
-        pre.innerHTML = "";
         pre.appendChild(code);
     }