diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
index 3ff9f9452..7e30d224c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.Utils do
   def format_input(text, mentions, _tags, "text/html") do
     text
     |> Formatter.html_escape("text/html")
-    |> String.replace(~r/\r?\n/, "<br>")
     |> (&{[], &1}).()
     |> Formatter.add_user_links(mentions)
     |> Formatter.finalize()
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.Utils do
     |> Formatter.mentions_escape(mentions)
     |> Earmark.as_html!()
     |> Formatter.html_escape("text/html")
-    |> String.replace(~r/\r?\n/, "")
     |> (&{[], &1}).()
     |> Formatter.add_user_links(mentions)
     |> Formatter.add_hashtag_links(tags)
diff --git a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
index fc89e3116..754bc7255 100644
--- a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
@@ -56,4 +56,54 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.UtilsTest do
 
     assert expected == Utils.emoji_from_profile(user)
   end
+
+  describe "format_input/4" do
+    test "works for bare text/plain" do
+      text = "hello world!"
+      expected = "hello world!"
+
+      output = Utils.format_input(text, [], [], "text/plain")
+
+      assert output == expected
+
+      text = "hello world!\n\nsecond paragraph!"
+      expected = "hello world!<br><br>second paragraph!"
+
+      output = Utils.format_input(text, [], [], "text/plain")
+
+      assert output == expected
+    end
+
+    test "works for bare text/html" do
+      text = "<p>hello world!</p>"
+      expected = "<p>hello world!</p>"
+
+      output = Utils.format_input(text, [], [], "text/html")
+
+      assert output == expected
+
+      text = "<p>hello world!</p>\n\n<p>second paragraph</p>"
+      expected = "<p>hello world!</p>\n\n<p>second paragraph</p>"
+
+      output = Utils.format_input(text, [], [], "text/html")
+
+      assert output == expected
+    end
+
+    test "works for bare text/markdown" do
+      text = "**hello world**"
+      expected = "<p><strong>hello world</strong></p>\n"
+
+      output = Utils.format_input(text, [], [], "text/markdown")
+
+      assert output == expected
+
+      text = "**hello world**\n\n*another paragraph*"
+      expected = "<p><strong>hello world</strong></p>\n<p><em>another paragraph</em></p>\n"
+
+      output = Utils.format_input(text, [], [], "text/markdown")
+
+      assert output == expected
+    end
+  end
 end