diff --git a/src/Text.cpp b/src/Text.cpp
index 1321a534f3..3de796442c 100644
--- a/src/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/Text.cpp
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ docstring Text::getPossibleLabel(DocIterator const & cur) const
 	Layout const * layout = &(pars_[pit].layout());
 
 	docstring text;
-	docstring par_text = pars_[pit].asString();
+	docstring par_text = pars_[pit].asString(AS_STR_SKIPDELETE);
 
 	// The return string of math matrices might contain linebreaks
 	par_text = subst(par_text, '\n', '-');