diff --git a/js/prototype/prototype.js b/js/prototype/prototype.js
index bf2d3b3eab9..e00b2679260 100644
--- a/js/prototype/prototype.js
+++ b/js/prototype/prototype.js
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ Object.extend(String.prototype, (function() {
   }
 
   function stripTags() {
-    return this.replace(/<\w+(\s+("[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>])+)?(\/)?>|<\/\w+>/gi, '');
+    return this.replace(/<\w+(\s+("[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>'"])+)?\s*("[^">]*|'[^'>])?(\/)?>|<\/\w+>/gi, '');
   }
 
   function stripScripts() {