diff --git a/packages/ui-default/backendlib/template.js b/packages/ui-default/backendlib/template.js
index 6c97c61b9..67515aac7 100644
--- a/packages/ui-default/backendlib/template.js
+++ b/packages/ui-default/backendlib/template.js
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class Nunjucks extends nunjucks.Environment {
     this.addFilter('base64_decode', (s) => Buffer.from(s, 'base64').toString());
     this.addFilter('jsesc', (self) => jsesc(self, { isScriptContext: true }));
     this.addFilter('bitand', (self, val) => self & val);
-    this.addFilter('replaceBr', (self) => self.toString().replace(/\n/g, '<br>'));
     this.addFilter('toString', (self) => (typeof self === 'string' ? self : JSON.stringify(self, replacer)));
     this.addFilter('content', (content, language, html) => {
       let s = '';
diff --git a/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard.html b/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard.html
index 4eba62f70..224de2cca 100644
--- a/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard.html
+++ b/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 {{ column.value }}<br />{{ pdict[column.raw].nAccept }}/{{ pdict[column.raw].nSubmit }}
               </a>
             {% else %}
-              {{ column.value|replaceBr|safe }}
+              {{ column.value|nl2br|safe }}
             {% endif %}
             </th>
           {%- endfor -%}
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@
                 {{ user.render_inline(udict[column.raw], badge=false) }}
               {% elif column.type == 'record' and column.raw %}
                 <a href="{{ url('record_detail', rid=column.raw) if canView else '' }}" data-tooltip="{{ column.hover }}">
-                  <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(column.score|default(column.value)) }}">{{ column.value|replaceBr|safe }}</span>
+                  <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(column.score|default(column.value)) }}">{{ column.value|nl2br|safe }}</span>
                 </a>
               {% elif column.type == 'records' %}
                 {%- for record in column.raw -%}
                   {% if loop.index0 %}/{% endif %}
                   {% if record.raw %}
                     <a href="{{ url('record_detail', rid=record.raw) if canView else '' }}">
-                      <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(record.score|default(record.value)) }}">{{ record.value|replaceBr|safe }}</span>
+                      <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(record.score|default(record.value)) }}">{{ record.value|nl2br|safe }}</span>
                     </a>
                   {% else %}
-                    {{ record.value|replaceBr|safe }}
+                    {{ record.value|nl2br|safe }}
                   {% endif %}
                 {%- endfor -%}
               {% else %}
-                {{ column.value|replaceBr|safe }}
+                {{ column.value|nl2br|safe }}
               {% endif %}
               </td>
             {%- endfor -%}
diff --git a/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard_download_html.html b/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard_download_html.html
index 6c0de9964..7b8623fa1 100644
--- a/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard_download_html.html
+++ b/packages/ui-default/templates/contest_scoreboard_download_html.html
@@ -47,21 +47,21 @@ Exported from <a href="{{ model.system.get('server.url') }}">{{ model.system.get
         <td>
           {% if column.type == 'record' and column.raw %}
             <a href="{{ model.system.get('server.url') }}{{ url('record_detail', rid=column.raw).substr(1,9999) }}">
-              <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(column.score|default(column.value)) }}">{{ column.value|replaceBr|safe }}</span>
+              <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(column.score|default(column.value)) }}">{{ column.value|nl2br|safe }}</span>
             </a>
           {% elif column.type == 'records' %}
             {%- for record in column.raw -%}
               {% if loop.index0 %}/{% endif %}
               {% if record.raw %}
                 <a href="{{ model.system.get('server.url') }}{{ url('record_detail', rid=record.raw).substr(1,9999) }}">
-                  <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(record.score|default(record.value)) }}">{{ record.value|replaceBr|safe }}</span>
+                  <span style="font-weight:bold;color:{{ utils.status.getScoreColor(record.score|default(record.value)) }}">{{ record.value|nl2br|safe }}</span>
                 </a>
               {% else %}
-                {{ record.value|replaceBr|safe }}
+                {{ record.value|nl2br|safe }}
               {% endif %}
             {%- endfor -%}
           {% else %}
-            {{ column.value|replaceBr|safe }}
+            {{ column.value|nl2br|safe }}
           {% endif %}
         </td>
       {%- endfor -%}