diff --git a/scripts/ebook/hpmor-ebook.tex b/scripts/ebook/hpmor-ebook.tex
index d61c9a8a..398603a0 100644
--- a/scripts/ebook/hpmor-ebook.tex
+++ b/scripts/ebook/hpmor-ebook.tex
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 \renewcommand{\headline}[1]{\begin{center}\textcolor{headline}{#1}\end{center}}
 \renewcommand{\inlineheadline}[1]{\textcolor{headline}{#1}}
 \renewcommand{\newspaperHeader}[1]{#1}
+\renewcommand{\hplettrineextrapara}[0]{}
 
 \include{chapters/hpmor-chapter-000}
 \part{Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres and the Methods of Rationality}
diff --git a/scripts/ebook/step_3.py b/scripts/ebook/step_3.py
index 337f2faf..9aae4073 100755
--- a/scripts/ebook/step_3.py
+++ b/scripts/ebook/step_3.py
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@
     )
 
     # some cleanup
-    # TODO: removed when switching to Ubuntu >= 23.04,
-    #   since it let to a problem
-    #  in line 31 of tmp/hpmor-epub-3-flatten-mod.tex
-    # cont = cont.replace("\\hplettrineextrapara", "")
+    cont = cont.replace("\\hplettrineextrapara\n", "")
 
     # additional linebreaks in verses of chapter 64
     cont = cont.replace("\\\\\n\n", "\n\n")