diff --git a/src/parsers/markdown/standardize-ast/transformers-htmltag/br.js b/src/parsers/markdown/standardize-ast/transformers-htmltag/br.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/parsers/markdown/standardize-ast/transformers-htmltag/br.js
+++ b/src/parsers/markdown/standardize-ast/transformers-htmltag/br.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ module.exports = function transformATag (
     content: '',
     attributes
   })
-  openTags.add(resultNode)
   result.pushData(resultNode)
   return result
 }
Don't store BR tags as open (#<I>)