diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27702e356..acdfc49a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 - PHP5.3 compatibility fixes
+- Brought lexer source functionally up-to-date with compiled version
 
 ## [3.1.36] - 2020-04-14
 
diff --git a/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y b/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y
index b8c00e5d9..c6890642f 100644
--- a/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y
+++ b/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y
@@ -249,7 +249,13 @@ template       ::= template PHP(B). {
 
                       // template text
 template       ::= template  TEXT(B). {
-         $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, $this->compiler->processText(B));
+         $text = $this->yystack[ $this->yyidx + 0 ]->minor;
+
+         if ((string)$text == '') {
+            $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, null);
+         }
+
+         $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, new Smarty_Internal_ParseTree_Text($text, $this->strip));
 }
                       // strip on
 template       ::= template  STRIPON. {
@@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ smartytag(A)::= SIMPLETAG(B). {
     $tag = trim(substr(B, $this->compiler->getLdelLength(), -$this->compiler->getRdelLength()));
     if ($tag == 'strip') {
         $this->strip = true;
-        A = null;;
+        A = null;
     } else {
         if (defined($tag)) {
             if ($this->security) {