diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart b/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
index ddfa041b3..c34696a3e 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ class HtmlMessage extends StatelessWidget {
         );
 
         return WidgetSpan(
-          alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.middle,
           child: CompositedTransformTarget(
             link: token != null && renderer.assignTokenKey
                 ? MatrixState.pAnyState