diff --git a/airflow/www/views.py b/airflow/www/views.py
index 1e61432c9fcb3..8bd59ab35c594 100644
--- a/airflow/www/views.py
+++ b/airflow/www/views.py
@@ -4844,7 +4844,6 @@ def _build_link(match_obj):
 
         cd = escape(description)
         cd = re2.sub(r"`(.*)[\s+]+<(.*)>`__", _build_link, cd)
-        cd = re2.sub(r"\n", r"<br>", cd)
         return Markup(cd)