diff --git a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
index 53bff898eb..4c0adcd99e 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
@@ -395,14 +395,7 @@ class phpbb_search_fulltext_sphinx
 			$this->sphinx->SetMatchMode(SPH_MATCH_ANY);
 		}
 
-		$match = array();
-		// Keep quotes
-		$match[] = "#"#";
-		// KeepNew lines
-		$match[] = "#[\n]+#";
-
-		$replace = array('"', " ");
-
+		// Keep quotes and new lines
 		$keywords = str_replace(array('"', "\n"), array('"', ' '), trim($keywords));
 
 		if (strlen($keywords) > 0)