diff --git a/core/control/ContentNegotiator.php b/core/control/ContentNegotiator.php
index 50738fe0f..cd7c4b834 100755
--- a/core/control/ContentNegotiator.php
+++ b/core/control/ContentNegotiator.php
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ class ContentNegotiator {
$response->addHeader("Vary" , "Accept");
// Fix base tag
- $content = preg_replace('//',
- '', $content);
+ $content = preg_replace('//',
+ '', $content);
$content = str_replace(' ',' ', $content);
$content = str_replace('
','
', $content);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class ContentNegotiator {
$hasXMLHeader = (substr($content,0,5) == '<' . '?xml' );
// Fix base tag
- $content = preg_replace('/<\/base>/',
+ $content = preg_replace('//',
'', $content);
$content = ereg_replace("<\\?xml[^>]+\\?>\n?",'',$content);
diff --git a/tests/SSViewerTest.php b/tests/SSViewerTest.php
index d651dbe89..3f1e1db7b 100644
--- a/tests/SSViewerTest.php
+++ b/tests/SSViewerTest.php
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ after')
<% base_tag %>
test
';
- $this->assertRegExp('/<\/base><\/head>/', $this->render($tmpl1));
+ $this->assertRegExp('/<\/head>/', $this->render($tmpl1));
// HTML4 and 5 will only have it for IE
$tmpl2 = '
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ after')
$response = new SS_HTTPResponse($this->render($tmpl1));
$negotiator->xhtml($response);
- $this->assertRegExp('/<\/base><\/head>/', $response->getBody());
+ $this->assertRegExp('/<\/head>/', $response->getBody());
}