diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/StringExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/StringExtensions.cs
index abe5ae7188..93ff2aac50 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
         /// <returns>Returns the string without any html tags.</returns>
         public static string StripHtml(this string text)
         {
-            const string pattern = "[*{}\\/:<>?|\"-+()\\n]";
-            return Regex.Replace(text, pattern, String.Empty);
+            const string pattern = @"<(.|\n)*?>";
+            return Regex.Replace(text, pattern, string.Empty);
         }
 
         /// <summary>