diff --git a/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml
index 8da69d67..a22c27b0 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ server = []
 
 api = ["http", "thiserror"]
 compat = ["ruma-macros/compat", "ruma-identifiers-validation/compat"]
-events = ["indoc", "thiserror"]
+events = ["thiserror"]
 # TODO: Use weak dependency features once MSRV >= 1.60
 js = ["js-sys", "getrandom/js", "uuid/js"]
 markdown = ["pulldown-cmark"]
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ form_urlencoded = "1.0.0"
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.6", optional = true }
 http = { version = "0.2.2", optional = true }
 indexmap = { version = "1.6.2", features = ["serde-1"] }
-indoc = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 itoa = "1.0.1"
 js_int = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["serde"] }
 js_option = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/ruma-common/src/events/room/message/reply.rs b/crates/ruma-common/src/events/room/message/reply.rs
index 963d9fac..732a5673 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-common/src/events/room/message/reply.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-common/src/events/room/message/reply.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
-use indoc::formatdoc;
-
 use super::{FormattedBody, MessageType, OriginalRoomMessageEvent};
 
 pub fn get_message_quote_fallbacks(
@@ -44,17 +42,15 @@ fn get_quotes(
 
     (
         format!("> {emote_sign}<{sender}> {body}").replace('\n', "\n> "),
-        formatdoc!(
-            "
-            <mx-reply>
-                <blockquote>
-                    <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/{room_id}/{event_id}\">In reply to</a>
-                    {emote_sign}<a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/{sender}\">{sender}</a>
-                    <br>
-                    {html_body}
-                </blockquote>
-            </mx-reply>
-            "
+        format!(
+            "<mx-reply>\
+                <blockquote>\
+                    <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/{room_id}/{event_id}\">In reply to</a> \
+                    {emote_sign}<a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/{sender}\">{sender}</a>\
+                    <br>\
+                    {html_body}\
+                </blockquote>\
+            </mx-reply>"
         ),
     )
 }
@@ -98,8 +94,8 @@ mod tests {
     use super::OriginalRoomMessageEvent;
 
     #[test]
-    fn plain_quote_fallback_multiline() {
-        let (plain_quote, _html_quote) =
+    fn fallback_multiline() {
+        let (plain_quote, html_quote) =
             super::get_message_quote_fallbacks(&OriginalRoomMessageEvent {
                 content: RoomMessageEventContent::text_plain("multi\nline"),
                 event_id: event_id!("$1598361704261elfgc:localhost").to_owned(),
@@ -110,5 +106,16 @@ mod tests {
             });
 
         assert_eq!(plain_quote, "> <@alice:example.com> multi\n> line");
+        assert_eq!(
+            html_quote,
+            "<mx-reply>\
+                <blockquote>\
+                    <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/!n8f893n9:example.com/$1598361704261elfgc:localhost\">In reply to</a> \
+                    <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/@alice:example.com\">@alice:example.com</a>\
+                    <br>\
+                    multi\nline\
+                </blockquote>\
+            </mx-reply>"
+        );
     }
 }