diff --git a/bibtexbrowser.php b/bibtexbrowser.php
index 0813b44..c8e9583 100755
--- a/bibtexbrowser.php
+++ b/bibtexbrowser.php
@@ -909,8 +909,8 @@ class BibEntry {
   function setField($name, $value) {
     $name = strtolower($name);
     // fields that should not be transformed
-    if ($name!='abstract' && $name!='url' ) { 
-      $value = xtrim($value); /* abstract should stay as is for later use with str_replace */
+    if ($name!='url' ) { 
+      $value = xtrim($value); 
       $value = latex2html($value);
     } else {
       //echo "xx".$value."xx\n";
@@ -1299,13 +1299,7 @@ class BibEntry {
       // this is not a parsing but a simple replacement
       $entry = str_replace($url,'<a href="'.$url.'">'.$url.'</a>', $entry);
     }
-    if ($this->hasField('abstract')) {
-      $abstract = $this->getField('abstract');
-      // Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/inclusion.html
-      // "each paper needs to be listed on a separate URL; and at least the full author-written abstract must be clearly visible on the URL"
-      // this will be also used to hijax the abstract with jquery
-      $entry = str_replace($abstract,'<span class="abstract">'.$abstract.'</span>', $entry);
-    }
+
     echo $entry;
     echo '</pre>';
    }