diff --git a/src/mathed/ChangeLog b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
index b9fa3f9598..69bf59cb93 100644
--- a/src/mathed/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* command_inset.[Ch] (createDialogStr): a new function to generate
 	something that the frontend Dialogs will understand.
+	(c-tor): the string passed to the c-tor is now understood to be
+	simply the inset's name, not some strange beast containing "|++|".
 
 	* math_factory.[Ch] (createMathInset_fromDialogStr): new function
 	parses the string passed from the frontends.
diff --git a/src/mathed/command_inset.C b/src/mathed/command_inset.C
index f8a03c2e38..34956bcdff 100644
--- a/src/mathed/command_inset.C
+++ b/src/mathed/command_inset.C
@@ -5,20 +5,10 @@
 #include "Lsstream.h"
 
 
-CommandInset::CommandInset(string const & data)
+CommandInset::CommandInset(string const & name)
+	: name_(name)
 {
 	lock_ = true;
-
-	string::size_type idx0 = data.find("|++|");
-	name_ = data.substr(0, idx0);
-	if (idx0 == string::npos)
-		return;
-	idx0 += 4;
-	string::size_type idx1 = data.find("|++|", idx0);
-	cell(0) = asArray(data.substr(idx0, idx1 - idx0));
-	if (idx1 == string::npos)
-		return;
-	cell(1) = asArray(data.substr(idx1 + 4));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/mathed/command_inset.h b/src/mathed/command_inset.h
index 9902afc811..d8264067d7 100644
--- a/src/mathed/command_inset.h
+++ b/src/mathed/command_inset.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 /// Inset for things like \name[options]{contents}
 class CommandInset : public ButtonInset {
 public:
-	/// name, contents, options deliminited by '|++|'
-	explicit CommandInset(string const & data);
+	///
+	explicit CommandInset(string const & name);
 	///
 	MathInset * clone() const;
 	///