diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/reports.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/reports.scss
index 225185487..9494b8e27 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/reports.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/reports.scss
@@ -549,9 +549,6 @@ label {
     > div {
       margin-left: .7em;
       white-space: pre-wrap;
-      br {
-          display: none; /* This hides the <br> tag completely. */
-      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/views/reports/elements/_step_checklist_element.html.erb b/app/views/reports/elements/_step_checklist_element.html.erb
index a3de34401..f4d625d1a 100644
--- a/app/views/reports/elements/_step_checklist_element.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/reports/elements/_step_checklist_element.html.erb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <div><input type="checkbox" disabled="disabled" <%= "checked='checked'" if item.checked %>/></div>
         <div class="report-checklist-item-text"><%= custom_auto_link(item.text, # Must be on one line
                                 team: current_team,
-                                simple_format: true,
+                                simple_format: false,
                                 wrapper_tag: { wrapper_tag: 'span'},
                                 base64_encoded_imgs: export_all) %>
         </div>