diff --git a/collects/meta/web/html/html.rkt b/collects/meta/web/html/html.rkt
index ffe8940727..1f8fa1a61b 100644
--- a/collects/meta/web/html/html.rkt
+++ b/collects/meta/web/html/html.rkt
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@
 (provide style/inline)
 (define (style/inline . args)
   (let-values ([(attrs body) (attributes+body args)])
-    (make-element 'style attrs
-                  `("\n" ,(apply comment #:newlines? #t body) "\n"))))
+    (make-element 'style attrs `("\n" ,body "\n"))))
 
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