diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FHtmlViewer.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FHtmlViewer.java
index 10ac1524f44..4d4b75fe171 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FHtmlViewer.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/FHtmlViewer.java
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
 
 import forge.gui.toolbox.FSkin.SkinnedEditorPane;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-
 /** 
  * Viewer for HTML
  *
@@ -35,12 +33,7 @@ public class FHtmlViewer extends SkinnedEditorPane {
     public void setText(final String text) {
     	SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable() { //need to invokeLater to avoid flicker
             public void run() {
-                if ( StringUtils.isBlank(text) ) {
-                   setSuperText("");
-                   return;
-                }
-
-            	setSuperText(text.replaceAll("(\r\n)|(\n)", "<br>")); //replace line breaks with <br> elements
+            	setSuperText(null == text ? "" : text.replaceAll("(\r\n)|(\n)", "<br>")); //replace line breaks with <br> elements
             	setCaretPosition(0); //keep scrolled to top
             }
         });