diff --git a/lib/html2text.php b/lib/html2text.php
index 42c05565ff3..219efaa7ef2 100644
--- a/lib/html2text.php
+++ b/lib/html2text.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function html2text( $badStr ) {
     $goodStr = preg_replace( "/<(th|td)[^>]*>/i", "\t", $goodStr );
 
  // $goodStr = preg_replace( "/<a[^>]* href=(\"((?!\"|#|javascript:)[^\"#]*)(\"|#)|'((?!'|#|javascript:)[^'#]*)('|#)|((?!'|\"|>|#|javascript:)[^#\"'> ]*))[^>]*>/i", "[LINK: $2$4$6] ", $goodStr );   // Moodle
-    $goodStr = preg_replace( "/<a[^>]* href=(\"((?!\"|#|javascript:)[^\"#]*)(\"|#)|'((?!'|#|javascript:)[^'#]*)('|#)|((?!'|\"|>|#|javascript:)[^#\"'> ]*))[^>]*>([^<]*)<\/a>/i", "$7 [$2$4$6]", $goodStr );
+    $goodStr = preg_replace( "/<a\s[^>]*href=(\"((?!\"|#|javascript:)[^\"#]*)(\"|#)|'((?!'|#|javascript:)[^'#]*)('|#)|((?!'|\"|>|#|javascript:)[^#\"'> ]*))[^>]*>([^<]*)<\/a>/i", "$7 [$2$4$6]", $goodStr );
 
     // $goodStr = preg_replace( "/<img[^>]* alt=(\"([^\"]+)\"|'([^']+)'|([^\"'> ]+))[^>]*>/i", "[IMAGE: $2$3$4] ", $goodStr );   // Moodle
     $goodStr = preg_replace( "/<img[^>]* alt=(\"([^\"]+)\"|'([^']+)'|([^\"'> ]+))[^>]*>/i", "[$2$3$4] ", $goodStr );