diff --git a/program/steps/mail/func.inc b/program/steps/mail/func.inc
index 87f7bc42f..f6e4a9d63 100644
--- a/program/steps/mail/func.inc
+++ b/program/steps/mail/func.inc
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ function rcmail_wash_html($html, $p = array(), $cid_replaces)
     '/(<\/nobr>)(\s+)(<nobr>)/i',	// space(s) between <NOBR>
     '/<title>.*<\/title>/i',		// PHP bug #32547 workaround: remove title tag
     '/^(\0\0\xFE\xFF|\xFF\xFE\0\0|\xFE\xFF|\xFF\xFE|\xEF\xBB\xBF)/',	// byte-order mark (only outlook?)
-    '/<html\sxmlns:[a-z]=[^>]+>/i',  // washtml/DOMDocument cannot handle xml namespaces
+    '/<html\s[^>]+>/i',			// washtml/DOMDocument cannot handle xml namespaces
   );
   $html_replace = array(
     '\\1'.' &nbsp; '.'\\3',