diff --git a/application/libraries/Omeka/Controller/Plugin/HtmlPurifier.php b/application/libraries/Omeka/Controller/Plugin/HtmlPurifier.php
index 322e36a23..bbb6894e5 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Omeka/Controller/Plugin/HtmlPurifier.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Omeka/Controller/Plugin/HtmlPurifier.php
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@ public function filterItemsForm($request, $htmlPurifierFilter = null)
         $post = $request->getPost();
         $post = $this->_filterElementsFromPost($post, $htmlPurifierFilter);
 
-        // Also strip HTML out of the tags field.
-        $post['tags'] = strip_tags($post['tags']);
-
         $request->setPost($post);
     }