diff --git a/administrator/components/com_associations/helpers/associations.php b/administrator/components/com_associations/helpers/associations.php
index 244d8e3ba8c78..e3dc85807c246 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_associations/helpers/associations.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_associations/helpers/associations.php
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public static function getAssociationHtmlList($extensionName, $typeName, $itemId
 					$db->setQuery($query);
 					$category_title = $db->loadResult();
 
-					$additional = '<strong>' . JText::sprintf('JCATEGORY_SPRINTF', $category_title) . '</strong> <br />';
+					$additional = '<strong>' . JText::sprintf('JCATEGORY_SPRINTF', $category_title) . '</strong> <br>';
 				}
 				elseif (isset($items[$langCode]['menutype']))
 				{
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public static function getAssociationHtmlList($extensionName, $typeName, $itemId
 					$db->setQuery($query);
 					$menutype_title = $db->loadResult();
 
-					$additional = '<strong>' . JText::sprintf('COM_MENUS_MENU_SPRINTF', $menutype_title) . '</strong><br />';
+					$additional = '<strong>' . JText::sprintf('COM_MENUS_MENU_SPRINTF', $menutype_title) . '</strong><br>';
 				}
 
 				$labelClass  = 'badge-association';
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public static function getAssociationHtmlList($extensionName, $typeName, $itemId
 			$url     = $allow && $addLink ? $url : '';
 			$text    = strtoupper($language->sef);
 
-			$tooltip = htmlspecialchars($title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') . '<br /><br />' . $additional;
+			$tooltip = htmlspecialchars($title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') . '<br><br>' . $additional;
 			$classes = 'hasPopover badge ' . $labelClass . ' badge-' . $language->sef;
 
 			$items[$langCode]['link'] = '<a href="' . $url . '" title="' . $language->title . '" class="' . $classes
diff --git a/components/com_content/helpers/icon.php b/components/com_content/helpers/icon.php
index b4ce5ffc9f8a8..fc1d911dc6209 100644
--- a/components/com_content/helpers/icon.php
+++ b/components/com_content/helpers/icon.php
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ public static function edit($article, $params, $attribs = array(), $legacy = fal
 		$date   = JHtml::_('date', $article->created);
 		$author = $article->created_by_alias ?: $article->author;
 
-		$overlib .= '&lt;br /&gt;';
+		$overlib .= '&lt;br&gt;';
 		$overlib .= $date;
-		$overlib .= '&lt;br /&gt;';
+		$overlib .= '&lt;br&gt;';
 		$overlib .= JText::sprintf('COM_CONTENT_WRITTEN_BY', htmlspecialchars($author, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'));
 
 		$text = JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.icons.edit', array('article' => $article, 'overlib' => $overlib, 'legacy' => $legacy));