diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/markdown.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/markdown.js
index e6373a934f5..57fb2e0dd43 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/markdown.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/markdown.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Discourse.Markdown = {
         // Linebreaks
         var linebreaks = opts.traditional_markdown_linebreaks || Discourse.SiteSettings.traditional_markdown_linebreaks;
         if (!linebreaks) {
-          text = text.replace(/(^[\w<\[][^\n]*\n+)/gim, function(t) {
+          text = text.replace(/(^[\w<][^\n]*\n+)/gim, function(t) {
             if (t.match(/\n{2}/gim)) return t;
             return t.replace("\n", "  \n");
           });
diff --git a/test/javascripts/components/markdown_test.js b/test/javascripts/components/markdown_test.js
index 021714cc1d2..e0840812ffc 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/components/markdown_test.js
+++ b/test/javascripts/components/markdown_test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test("basic cooking", function() {
   cooked("***hello***", "<p><strong><em>hello</em></strong></p>", "it can do bold and italics at once.");
 });
 
-test("Traditional Line Breaks", function() {
+test("Line Breaks", function() {
 
   var input = "1\n2\n3";
   cooked(input, "<p>1<br>2<br>3</p>", "automatically handles trivial newlines");
@@ -34,16 +34,9 @@ test("Traditional Line Breaks", function() {
 
   Discourse.SiteSettings.traditional_markdown_linebreaks = true;
   cooked(input, traditionalOutput, "It supports traditional markdown via a Site Setting");
+
 });
 
-test("Line Breaks", function() {
-
-  cooked("[] first choice\n[] second choice",
-         "<p>[] first choice<br>[] second choice</p>",
-         "it handles new lines correctly with [] options");
-});
-
-
 test("Links", function() {
 
   cooked("EvilTrout: http://eviltrout.com",