diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/text-overflow.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/text-overflow.js.es6
index ae4e2a8259f..99b24c525a7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/text-overflow.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/text-overflow.js.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export default Ember.Component.extend({
   _parse: function() {
+    this.$().find('hr').remove();
     this.$().ellipsis();
   }.on('didInsertElement'),