diff --git a/plugins/Google/plugin.py b/plugins/Google/plugin.py
index 734a7b862..fd1079606 100644
--- a/plugins/Google/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Google/plugin.py
@@ -174,9 +174,8 @@ class Google(callbacks.PluginRegexp):
         if data['responseData']['results']:
             url = data['responseData']['results'][0]['unescapedUrl']
             if opts.has_key('snippet'):
-                snippet = " | " + data['responseData']['results'][0]['content']
-                snippet = snippet.replace('<b>', '')
-                snippet = snippet.replace('</b>', '')
+                snippet = data['responseData']['results'][0]['content']
+                snippet = " | " + utils.web.htmlToText(snippet, tagReplace='')
             else:
                 snippet = ""
             result = url + snippet