diff --git a/fragments.py b/fragments.py
index 83b9238..cf3ffcb 100644
--- a/fragments.py
+++ b/fragments.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def defragmentize(html):
       class_list += " %s" % FRAGMENT_CLASS
 
     fragment.set('class',  class_list)
-    fragment.text = re.sub(r"\s*%s\s*" % re.escape(FRAGMENT_TAG), '', fragment.text).strip()
+    fragment.text = re.sub(r"\s*%s\s*" % re.escape(FRAGMENT_TAG), '', fragment.text)
 
   return etree.tostring(dom, method='html', encoding='utf-8',
     pretty_print=True).decode('utf-8')
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 015ea21..402ec83 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ def get_slide_layout(layout_name):
 def convert_slide_content(content):
     filters = []
     pdoc_args = [
-        '--mathjax', # Preparing formulas
-        '--smart'    # Smart typography (dashes, ellipses, …)
+        '--mathjax' # Preparing formulas
     ]
     return pypandoc.convert_text(
         content, 'html',