diff --git a/jetty-documentation/src/main/docbkx-stylesheet/html/docbook.xsl b/jetty-documentation/src/main/docbkx-stylesheet/html/docbook.xsl
index 64e6224118b..eeadaa81667 100644
--- a/jetty-documentation/src/main/docbkx-stylesheet/html/docbook.xsl
+++ b/jetty-documentation/src/main/docbkx-stylesheet/html/docbook.xsl
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times"
         <xsl:element name="pre">
           <xsl:attribute name="class">screen</xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
-          <xsl:apply-templates/>
         </xsl:element>
       </xsl:element>
       </xsl:when>