diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
index 30fa445c..299af873 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ class FimFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ##----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ## Extract metadata
 
-        #re-souping because BS4 can apparently get confused by badly-nested tags in the story description,
-        #this ensures the final soup is made from clean HTML
-        storyContentBox = self.make_soup(unicode(soup.find('div', {'class':'story_content_box'})))
+        storyContentBox = soup.find('div', {'class':'story_content_box'})
 
         # Title
         title = storyContentBox.find('a', {'class':re.compile(r'.*\bstory_name\b.*')})