diff --git a/js/redactor-osticket.js b/js/redactor-osticket.js
index 486cadd7281d2467a437dbb3af9b6cde0ab3b1a1..3e5f3fc06276eadd6c9f1e184e64a65932c6f70d 100644
--- a/js/redactor-osticket.js
+++ b/js/redactor-osticket.js
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ $(function() {
                   .attr('height',img.clientHeight);
             html = html.replace(before, img.outerHTML);
         });
+        // Drop the placeholder text if found in the box
+        // DELME: When this is fixed upstream in Redactor
+        html = html.replace(/<span class="redactor_placeholder[^<]+<\/span>/, '');
         return html;
     },
     redact = function(el) {