diff --git a/browser/lib/markdown.js b/browser/lib/markdown.js
index 67a4b530..04061d03 100644
--- a/browser/lib/markdown.js
+++ b/browser/lib/markdown.js
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ function strip (input) {
       .replace(/>/g, '')
       .replace(/^\s{1,2}\[(.*?)\]: (\S+)( ".*?")?\s*$/g, '')
       .replace(/^#{1,6}\s*([^#]*)\s*(#{1,6})?/gm, '$1')
-      .replace(/([\*_]{1,3})(\S.*?\S)\1/g, '$2')
       .replace(/(`{3,})(.*?)\1/gm, '$2')
       .replace(/^-{3,}\s*$/g, '')
       .replace(/`(.+?)`/g, '$1')