diff --git a/src/upload/views.py b/src/upload/views.py
index 5bd8525f5c86da26b8ca6d4381918f659be68e69..943a1a5831855beb1200187132e141d824d53f94 100644
--- a/src/upload/views.py
+++ b/src/upload/views.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class ArticleSerializerView(View):
                 body, collection, from_folder, issue, force_execute=True
             )
             
-        params["body_xml"] = xml_utils.get_xml_from_text("body", params["body"])
+        # params["body_xml"] = xml_utils.get_xml_from_text("body", params["body"])
 
         # Add the image to the article
         cmd = ptf_cmds.updateArticlePtfCmd(params)