diff --git a/module/bug/model.php b/module/bug/model.php
index f948bb536a..ccfa79fa6a 100644
--- a/module/bug/model.php
+++ b/module/bug/model.php
@@ -106,19 +106,6 @@ class bugModel extends model
      */
     public function create($from = '')
     {
-        /* Delete HTML tags, line breaks, and spaces in templates and steps. */
-        if($this->post->templateID)
-        {
-            $stepsTemplate = strip_tags($this->dao->select('content')->from(TABLE_USERTPL)->where('id')->eq($this->post->templateID)->fetch('content'));
-            $stepsTemplate = preg_replace("/\s/", "", $stepsTemplate);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            $stepsTemplate = strip_tags($this->lang->bug->tplStep . $this->lang->bug->tplResult . $this->lang->bug->tplExpect);
-        }
-        $steps = strip_tags(preg_replace("/\s/", "", $this->post->steps));
-        $steps = str_replace(" ", "", $steps);
-
         $now = helper::now();
         $bug = fixer::input('post')
             ->setDefault('PRJ', $this->session->PRJ)
@@ -131,12 +118,11 @@ class bugModel extends model
             ->setIF($this->post->assignedTo != '', 'assignedDate', $now)
             ->setIF($this->post->story != false, 'storyVersion', $this->loadModel('story')->getVersion($this->post->story))
             ->setIF(strpos($this->config->bug->create->requiredFields, 'project') !== false, 'project', $this->post->project)
-            ->setIF($steps == $stepsTemplate, 'steps', '')
             ->stripTags($this->config->bug->editor->create['id'], $this->config->allowedTags)
             ->cleanInt('product,project,module,severity')
             ->join('openedBuild', ',')
             ->join('mailto', ',')
-            ->remove('files, labels,uid,oldTaskID,contactListMenu,templateID')
+            ->remove('files, labels,uid,oldTaskID,contactListMenu')
             ->get();
 
         /* Check repeat bug. */
diff --git a/module/bug/view/create.html.php b/module/bug/view/create.html.php
index c41d99241a..7450eb4f50 100644
--- a/module/bug/view/create.html.php
+++ b/module/bug/view/create.html.php
@@ -219,10 +219,9 @@ js::set('flow', $config->global->flow);
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <th><?php echo $lang->bug->steps;?></th>
-            <td colspan='2' class='steps'>
+            <td colspan='2'>
               <?php echo $this->fetch('user', 'ajaxPrintTemplates', 'type=bug&link=steps');?>
               <?php echo html::textarea('steps', $steps, "rows='10' class='form-control'");?>
-              <?php echo html::hidden('templateID', '');?>
             </td>
           </tr>
           <?php