diff --git a/recipes/wsj_free.recipe b/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
index 419ddacaae..ff565b5dc2 100644
--- a/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from base64 import standard_b64encode
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 from mechanize import Request
 
+from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 from css_selectors import Select
 
@@ -22,12 +23,9 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from urllib import quote
 
-from calibre.scraper.simple import read_url
-from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 
 needs_subscription = False
 
-
 class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     if needs_subscription:
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     extra_css = '''
         #big-top-caption { font-size:small; text-align:center; }
-        [data-type:"tagline"] { font-style:italic; color:#202020; }
+        [data-type:"tagline"], em { font-style:italic; color:#202020; }
         .auth { font-size:small; }
         .sub, em, i { color: #202020; }
     '''
@@ -75,6 +73,7 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     articles_are_obfuscated = True
     def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
+        from calibre.scraper.simple import read_url
         br = self.get_browser()
         br.set_handle_redirect(False)
         try:
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 parent['class'] = 'auth'
         return soup
 
-
     # login {{{
 
     def get_browser_for_wsj(self, *a, **kw):
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
         br.set_cookie('ccpaApplies', 'false', '.wsj.com')
         return br
 
-    if needs_subscription:
+    if False and needs_subscription:  # disabled as we currently use archive.is
         def get_browser(self, *a, **kw):
             from pprint import pprint
             pprint