diff --git a/src/Changes.cpp b/src/Changes.cpp
index b4226582f4..5f8e3b21bf 100644
--- a/src/Changes.cpp
+++ b/src/Changes.cpp
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int Changes::latexMarkChange(otexstream & os, BufferParams const & bparams,
 	// signature needed by \lyxsout to correctly strike out display math
 	if (change.type == Change::DELETED && runparams.inDisplayMath
 	    && !dvipost) {
-		if (os.afterParbreak())
+		if (os.lastChar() == '\n')
 			str += from_ascii("\\\\\\noindent\n");
 		else
 			str += from_ascii("\\\\\\\\\n");
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetFloat.cpp b/src/insets/InsetFloat.cpp
index c160daa4ab..9d92681dd2 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetFloat.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetFloat.cpp
@@ -447,10 +447,6 @@ void InsetFloat::latex(otexstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams_in) const
 
 	// Force \end{<floatname>} to appear in a new line.
 	os << breakln << "\\end{" << from_ascii(tmptype) << "}\n";
-
-	// A new paragraph is always started after a float. Hence, simulate a
-	// blank line so that os.afterParbreak() returns true (see bug 11174).
-	os.lastChar('\n');
 }