diff --git a/src/components/registration/steps.jsx b/src/components/registration/steps.jsx
index 951e40209..9bafc119d 100644
--- a/src/components/registration/steps.jsx
+++ b/src/components/registration/steps.jsx
@@ -1294,7 +1294,6 @@ const BoldEmail = chunks => (<a
     className="bold-link"
 >{chunks}</a>);
 const Link = chunks => <a href={chunks}>{chunks}</a>;
-const NewLine = () => <br />;
 /*
  * TEACHER APPROVAL STEP
  */
@@ -1313,14 +1312,14 @@ const TeacherApprovalStep = props => (
                     <p>
                         <FormattedMessage
                             id="teacherRegistration.confirmYourEmailDescription"
-                            values={{a: BoldEmail, br: NewLine}}
+                            values={{a: BoldEmail}}
                         />
                     </p>
                     <br />
                     <p>
                         <FormattedMessage
                             id="teacherRegistration.confirmYourEmailFirewall"
-                            values={{a: BoldEmail, br: NewLine}}
+                            values={{a: BoldEmail}}
                         />
                     </p>
                     <br />
diff --git a/src/views/teacherregistration/l10n.json b/src/views/teacherregistration/l10n.json
index a88fa8536..9c3f2cee2 100644
--- a/src/views/teacherregistration/l10n.json
+++ b/src/views/teacherregistration/l10n.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "teacherRegistration.emailStepDescription1": "We will send you an email from <a>no-reply@scratch.mit.edu</a> to verify your email address.",
     "teacherRegistration.emailStepDescription2": "Once you confirm your email, we will proceed with reviewing your request for a Teacher Account.",
     "teacherRegistration.reviewProcess": "The review process may take up to 24 hours.",
-    "teacherRegistration.confirmYourEmailDescription": "Please check your inbox for a confirmation email from <br></br> <a>no-reply@scratch.mit.edu</a> to verify your email address before your account can be approved.",
+    "teacherRegistration.confirmYourEmailDescription": "Please check your inbox for a confirmation email from <a>no-reply@scratch.mit.edu</a> to verify your email address before your account can be approved.",
     "teacherRegistration.confirmYourEmailFirewall": "Many schools use email firewalls. To prevent delays in approving your account, please ask your school's IT department to whitelist <a>no-reply@scratch.mit.edu</a>. This will ensure that you can get automated emails from Scratch in the future, which you'll need for things like changing your or your students' passwords.",
     "teacherRegistration.confirmationEmail": "Click the link in the confirmation email sent to: ",
     "teacherRegistration.validationEmailMatch": "The emails do not match",