diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index 684f0866a..476d12be5 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -1017,8 +1017,7 @@
 					_debug("RID: $entry_ref_id, IID: $entry_int_id", $debug_enabled);
 
 					if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
-                                               $entry_content_spaces = str_replace('<', ' <', $entry_content);
-                                               $tsvector_combined = db_escape_string(mb_substr($entry_title . ' ' . strip_tags($entry_content_spaces),
+					   $tsvector_combined = db_escape_string(mb_substr($entry_title . ' ' . strip_tags(str_replace('<', ' <', $entry_content)),
 							0, 1000000));
 
 						$tsvector_qpart = "tsvector_combined = to_tsvector('$feed_language', '$tsvector_combined'),";
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 25269bdcf..0fa4db0d8 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -347,8 +347,7 @@
 			$result = db_query("SELECT id, title, content FROM ttrss_entries WHERE tsvector_combined IS NULL ORDER BY id LIMIT $limit");
 
 			while ($line = db_fetch_assoc($result)) {
-                               $content_separated = str_replace('<', ' <', $line['content']);
-                               $tsvector_combined = db_escape_string(mb_substr($line['title'] . ' ' . strip_tags($content_separated),
+			   $tsvector_combined = db_escape_string(mb_substr($line['title'] . ' ' . strip_tags(str_replace('<', ' <', $line['content'])),
 					0, 1000000));
 
 				db_query("UPDATE ttrss_entries SET tsvector_combined = to_tsvector('english', '$tsvector_combined') WHERE id = " . $line["id"]);