diff --git a/core/templates/message.html b/core/templates/message.html
index a98fd31a7f..06f8a78959 100644
--- a/core/templates/message.html
+++ b/core/templates/message.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<div id="{dialog_name}" title="{title} "><?php /* the ' ' after {title} fixes ie8, see http://stackoverflow.com/a/5313137/828717 */ ?>
+<div id="{dialog_name}" title="{title} ">
 	<p><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-{type}"></span>{message}</p>
 </div>