diff --git a/ext/bbcode/main.php b/ext/bbcode/main.php
index f4157bab..0be2a5ef 100644
--- a/ext/bbcode/main.php
+++ b/ext/bbcode/main.php
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 
 class BBCode extends FormatterExtension {
 	public function format(/*string*/ $text) {
-		global $config;
-		if($config->get_bool("word_wrap", true)) {
-			$text = wordwrap($text, 80, " ", true);
-		}
 		$text = preg_replace_callback("/(\[img\]https?:\/\/.*?\[\/img\])/s", array($this, "unwrap"), $text);
 		$text = preg_replace_callback("/(\[url=(?:https?|ftp|irc|mailto):\/\/.*?\])/s", array($this, "unwrap"), $text);
 		$text = preg_replace_callback("/(\[url\](?:https?|ftp|irc|mailto):\/\/.*?\[\/url\])/s", array($this, "unwrap"), $text);
@@ -75,10 +71,6 @@ class BBCode extends FormatterExtension {
 	}
 
 	public function strip(/*string*/ $text) {
-		global $config;
-		if($config->get_bool("word_wrap", true)) {
-			$text = wordwrap($text, 80, " ", true);
-		}
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[b\](.*?)\[\/b\]/s", "\\1", $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[i\](.*?)\[\/i\]/s", "\\1", $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[u\](.*?)\[\/u\]/s", "\\1", $text);