diff --git a/src/mathed/ChangeLog b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
index bab6a9fe44..768593d128 100644
--- a/src/mathed/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2003-02-14  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
+
+	* math_parser.C (parse1): Do not remove braces for {<expr>}^
 
 2003-02-13  Bo Peng <bpeng@rice.edu>
  
diff --git a/src/mathed/math_parser.C b/src/mathed/math_parser.C
index 04c8d76dcf..fdecd97f8d 100644
--- a/src/mathed/math_parser.C
+++ b/src/mathed/math_parser.C
@@ -746,9 +746,10 @@ void Parser::parse1(MathGridInset & grid, unsigned flags,
 			MathScriptInset * p = cell->back().nucleus()->asScriptInset();
 			// special handling of {}-bases
 			// is this always correct?
-			if (p->nuc().size() == 1 && p->nuc().back()->asNestInset() &&
-					p->nuc().back()->extraBraces())
-				p->nuc() = p->nuc().back()->asNestInset()->cell(0);
+			// It appears that this is wrong (Dekel)
+			//if (p->nuc().size() == 1 && p->nuc().back()->asNestInset() &&
+			//    p->nuc().back()->extraBraces())
+			//	p->nuc() = p->nuc().back()->asNestInset()->cell(0);
 			parse(p->cell(up), FLAG_ITEM, mode);
 			if (limits) {
 				p->limits(limits);