lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 2 +-
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 9b62ed3c3d954d76ab173c4c32bd561b85c62b30..280d0ea5557024a790012d2bf0ab1e2d950f014b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ }
my $s_s = nr_to_s($nr_s, 'sibling', 'siblings');
my $s_c = nr_to_s($nr_c, 'reply', 'replies');
$attr =~ s!\n\z!\n!s;
- $attr =~ s! !!s; # no point in duplicating subject
+ $attr =~ s! (?:" )?!!s; # no point in dup subject
$attr =~ s!]+>([^<]+)!$1!s; # no point linking to self
$rv .= "@ $attr";
if ($nr_c) {