diff --git a/basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/io/serial/HTMLSerializer.java b/basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/io/serial/HTMLSerializer.java
index cf23a6bbf0..43f9493bda 100644
--- a/basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/io/serial/HTMLSerializer.java
+++ b/basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/io/serial/HTMLSerializer.java
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ protected void finishEmpty() throws IOException {
sep = false;
super.finishClose();
}
- if(SCRIPTS.contains(lc(elem.local()))) script++;
}
@Override
diff --git a/basex-core/src/test/java/org/basex/query/SerializerTest.java b/basex-core/src/test/java/org/basex/query/SerializerTest.java
index 355cb55743..2572498743 100644
--- a/basex-core/src/test/java/org/basex/query/SerializerTest.java
+++ b/basex-core/src/test/java/org/basex/query/SerializerTest.java
@@ -358,6 +358,12 @@ public final class SerializerTest extends SandboxTest {
contains(option + "", ">&&<");
}
+ /** HTML Serialization: restore escaping following empty script tags. */
+ @Test public void gh2645() {
+ final String option = METHOD.arg("html");
+ contains(option + "&&", ">&&<");
+ }
+
/** HTML5 indentation. */
@Test public void indentHTML5() {
final String option = METHOD.arg("html") + INDENT.arg("on");