diff --git a/DotifyTranslator/src/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilter.java b/DotifyTranslator/src/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilter.java
index d45f6cb5..bd522921 100644
--- a/DotifyTranslator/src/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilter.java
+++ b/DotifyTranslator/src/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilter.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ public void setLocale(FilterLocale target) {
 		filters = new CombinationFilter();
 		// Remove zero width space
 		filters.add(new RegexFilter("\\u200B", ""));
-		// vulgar fraction preceded by a digit must be separated by a space
-		filters.add(new RegexFilter("([\\d]+)([¼½¾])", "$1 $2"));
 		// One or more digit followed by zero or more digits, commas or periods
 		filters.add(new RegexFilter("([\\d]+[\\d,\\.]*)", "\u283c$1"));
 		// Insert a "reset character" between a digit and lower case a-j
diff --git a/DotifyTranslator/test/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilterTest.java b/DotifyTranslator/test/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilterTest.java
index af1f5251..b01bbc15 100644
--- a/DotifyTranslator/test/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilterTest.java
+++ b/DotifyTranslator/test/org/daisy/dotify/impl/translator/sv_SE/SwedishBrailleFilterTest.java
@@ -226,6 +226,6 @@ public void testFinalizer_performance() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testFractions_001() {
-		assertEquals("⠼⠃ ⠼⠁⠌⠼⠙⠂ ⠼⠁ ⠼⠁⠌⠼⠃⠂ ⠼⠉ ⠼⠉⠌⠼⠙", filter.filter("2¼, 1½, 3¾"));
+		assertEquals("⠼⠃⠼⠁⠌⠼⠙⠂ ⠼⠁⠼⠁⠌⠼⠃⠂ ⠼⠉⠼⠉⠌⠼⠙", filter.filter("2¼, 1½, 3¾"));
 	}
 }