diff --git a/app/services/post_alerter.rb b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
index 085c6c19adb..40d1d41d18b 100644
--- a/app/services/post_alerter.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class PostAlerter
        post_number: post.post_number,
        topic_title: post.topic.title,
        topic_id: post.topic.id,
-       excerpt: excerpt || post.excerpt(400, text_entities: true, strip_links: true, remap_emoji: true, strip_spoilers: true),
+       excerpt: excerpt || post.excerpt(400, text_entities: true, strip_links: true, remap_emoji: true),
        username: username || post.username,
        post_url: post_url
       }
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index a2b27f1007c..530546f9c85 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ en:
   revert_version_same: "The current version is same as the version you are trying to revert to."
 
   excerpt_image: "image"
-  excerpt_spoiler: "spoiler"
 
   groups:
     success:
@@ -4269,7 +4268,7 @@ en:
                 label: "Private"
                 description: "Only logged in users can access this community"
           invite_only:
-            placeholder: "People must be explicitly invited. Public registration is disabled."
+              placeholder: "People must be explicitly invited. Public registration is disabled."
 
       contact:
         title: "Contact"
diff --git a/lib/excerpt_parser.rb b/lib/excerpt_parser.rb
index 5d2c5fe27a8..96400ade31c 100644
--- a/lib/excerpt_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/excerpt_parser.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class ExcerptParser < Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Document
     @keep_emoji_images = options[:keep_emoji_images] == true
     @keep_onebox_source = options[:keep_onebox_source] == true
     @remap_emoji = options[:remap_emoji] == true
-    @strip_spoilers = options[:strip_spoilers] == true
     @start_excerpt = false
     @in_details_depth = 0
     @summary_contents = ""
@@ -111,11 +110,7 @@ class ExcerptParser < Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Document
       end
       # Preserve spoilers
       if attributes.include?(["class", "spoiler"])
-        if @strip_spoilers
-          characters("[#{I18n.t 'excerpt_spoiler'}]")
-        else
-          include_tag("span", attributes)
-        end
+        include_tag("span", attributes)
         @in_spoiler = true
       end
 
@@ -199,8 +194,6 @@ class ExcerptParser < Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Document
 
     @excerpt << before_string if before_string
 
-    string = "" if @in_spoiler && @strip_spoilers
-
     encode = encode ? lambda { |s| ERB::Util.html_escape(s) } : lambda { |s| s }
     if count_it && @current_length + string.length > @length
       length = [0, @length - @current_length - 1].max
diff --git a/spec/components/excerpt_parser_spec.rb b/spec/components/excerpt_parser_spec.rb
index f3cba94e448..8410b9d5e45 100644
--- a/spec/components/excerpt_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/excerpt_parser_spec.rb
@@ -32,14 +32,4 @@ describe ExcerptParser do
     expect(ExcerptParser.get_excerpt(html, 3, {})).to match_html('<details class="disabled"><summary>foo</summary></details>')
     expect(ExcerptParser.get_excerpt(html, 2, {})).to match_html('<details class="disabled"><summary>fo&hellip;</summary></details>')
   end
-
-  it "preserves spoilers by default" do
-    html = 'Foo <span class="spoiler">bar</span>'
-    expect(ExcerptParser.get_excerpt(html, 100, {})).to match_html('Foo <span class="spoiler">bar</span>')
-  end
-
-  it "strips spoilers when specified" do
-    html = 'Foo <span class="spoiler">bar</span>'
-    expect(ExcerptParser.get_excerpt(html, 100, strip_spoilers: true)).to match_html("Foo [#{I18n.t 'excerpt_spoiler'}]")
-  end
 end