diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index ab211e5549..0bda691acc 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 
 function bbcode($Text, $preserve_nl = false, $tryoembed = true, $simplehtml = false, $forplaintext = false)
 {
-	return BBCode::convert($Text, $preserve_nl, $tryoembed, $simplehtml, $forplaintext);
+	return BBCode::convert($Text, $tryoembed, $simplehtml, $forplaintext);
 }
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index 71daa1d145..a81b69e34b 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -1342,13 +1342,12 @@ class BBCode
 	 * - 8: Used for WP backlink text setting
 	 *
 	 * @param string $text
-	 * @param bool   $preserve_nl
 	 * @param bool   $try_oembed
 	 * @param int    $simple_html
 	 * @param bool   $for_plaintext
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function convert($text, $preserve_nl = false, $try_oembed = true, $simple_html = false, $for_plaintext = false)
+	public static function convert($text, $try_oembed = true, $simple_html = false, $for_plaintext = false)
 	{
 		$a = get_app();
 
@@ -1473,10 +1472,6 @@ class BBCode
 
 		$text = str_replace(["\r","\n"], ['<br />', '<br />'], $text);
 
-		if ($preserve_nl) {
-			$text = str_replace(["\n", "\r"], ['', ''], $text);
-		}
-
 		// Remove all hashtag addresses
 		if ((!$try_oembed || $simple_html) && !in_array($simple_html, [3, 7])) {
 			$text = preg_replace("/([#@!])\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/ism", '$1$3', $text);