diff --git a/src/task.h b/src/task.h
index 6290cfb68..5dacbd4c3 100644
--- a/src/task.h
+++ b/src/task.h
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ void wrapText (std::vector <std::string>&, const std::string&, const int);
 std::string trimLeft (const std::string& in, const std::string& t = " ");
 std::string trimRight (const std::string& in, const std::string& t = " ");
 std::string trim (const std::string& in, const std::string& t = " ");
-void extractParagraphs (const std::string&, std::vector<std::string>&);
 void extractLine (std::string&, std::string&, int);
 void split (std::vector<std::string>&, const std::string&, const char);
 void split (std::vector<std::string>&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
diff --git a/src/tests/utf8.t b/src/tests/utf8.t
index 60b1eea82..6fd87f78f 100755
--- a/src/tests/utf8.t
+++ b/src/tests/utf8.t
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'utf8.rc')
 # Add a task with UTF8 in the description.
 qx{../task rc:utf8.rc add Çirçös};
 qx{../task rc:utf8.rc add Hello world ☺};
+qx{../task rc:utf8.rc add ¥£€$¢₡₢₣₤₥₦₧₨₩₪₫₭₮₯};
 qx{../task rc:utf8.rc add Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig};
 qx{../task rc:utf8.rc add ๏ เป็นมนุษย์สุดประเสริฐเลิศคุณค่า};
 qx{../task rc:utf8.rc add イロハニホヘト チリヌルヲ ワカヨタレソ ツネナラム};
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ qx{../task rc:utf8.rc add Ξεσκεπάζω τὴν ψυχοφθόρα βδελ
 
 my $output = qx{../task rc:utf8.rc ls};
 diag ($output);
-like ($output, qr/16/, 'all 16 tasks shown');
+like ($output, qr/17/, 'all 17 tasks shown');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink 'pending.data';
diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index f18fec8e4..fced0b0aa 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -104,28 +104,6 @@ void join (
   }
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-void extractParagraphs (const std::string& input, std::vector<std::string>& output)
-{
-  std::string copy = input;
-  while (1)
-  {
-    size_t so = copy.find ("<p>");
-    size_t eo = copy.find ("</p>");
-
-    if (so == std::string::npos && eo == std::string::npos)
-      break;
-
-    std::string extract = trim (copy.substr (so + 3, eo - so - 3));
-    copy = copy.substr (eo + 4, std::string::npos);
-    output.push_back (extract);
-  }
-
-  // There were no paragraphs.
-  if (!output.size ())
-    output.push_back (input);
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 std::string trimLeft (const std::string& in, const std::string& t /*= " "*/)
 {