diff --git a/recipes/business_standard.recipe b/recipes/business_standard.recipe
index 48d8c57c51..3d546002c4 100644
--- a/recipes/business_standard.recipe
+++ b/recipes/business_standard.recipe
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class BusinessStandard(BasicNewsRecipe):
             for x in soup.findAll(attrs={attr: True}):
                 del x[attr]
         for br in soup.findAll('small', attrs={'class': 'brtag'}):
-            br.name = 'br'
             br.clear()
+            brtag = soup.new_tag('br')
+            br.replace_with(brtag)
         return soup
diff --git a/recipes/business_standard_print.recipe b/recipes/business_standard_print.recipe
index 10fe56a0e2..e30be98bfc 100644
--- a/recipes/business_standard_print.recipe
+++ b/recipes/business_standard_print.recipe
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class BusinessStandardPrint(BasicNewsRecipe):
             for x in soup.findAll(attrs={attr: True}):
                 del x[attr]
         for br in soup.findAll('small', attrs={'class': 'brtag'}):
-            br.name = 'br'
             br.clear()
+            brtag = soup.new_tag('br')
+            br.replace_with(brtag)
         return soup