diff --git a/src/pretix/base/templatetags/rich_text.py b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/rich_text.py
index 6dd00262ca..1196d1bd74 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/templatetags/rich_text.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/rich_text.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def markdown_compile(source):
             source,
             extensions=[
                 'markdown.extensions.sane_lists',
-                # 'markdown.extensions.nl2br',  # TODO: Enable, but check backwards-compatibility issues e.g. with mails
+                'markdown.extensions.nl2br'
             ]
         ),
         tags=ALLOWED_TAGS,
diff --git a/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/index.html b/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/index.html
index cd94e3c2f7..72d14d59bf 100644
--- a/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/index.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
     {% if frontpage_text and not cart_namespace %}
         <div>
-            {{ frontpage_text|rich_text|linebreaksbr }}
+            {{ frontpage_text|rich_text }}
         </div>
     {% endif %}