diff --git a/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb b/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb
index c09b0d897..d095a12d7 100644
--- a/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb
+++ b/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb
@@ -160,12 +160,11 @@ module ProtocolsImporter
       tiny_mce_img.save!
       if description.gsub!("data-mce-token=\"#{tiny_mce_img_json['tokenId']}\"",
                            "data-mce-token=\"#{Base62.encode(tiny_mce_img.id)}\"")
-        description.gsub!('  ]]-->', '')
-
       else
         description.gsub!("data-mce-token=\"#{Base62.encode(tiny_mce_img_json['tokenId'].to_i)}\"",
-                          "data-mce-token=\"#{Base62.encode(tiny_mce_img.id)}\"").gsub!('  ]]-->', '')
+                          "data-mce-token=\"#{Base62.encode(tiny_mce_img.id)}\"")
       end
+      description.gsub!('  ]]-->', '')
     end
     description
   end