diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8f20c6daf10..454a9efcdb6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changes
 
 ### Unreleased
 
+* 2023-11-04 - Bugfix: Pass footnote content without text_to_html div generation, solves #442.
 * 2023-10-09 - Improvement: Add a direct 'view course' icon on the course management pages, solves #129.
 * 2023-10-05 - Improvement: Allow the admin to set the background-position of the background and login background images, solves #111.
 * 2023-11-03 - Bugfix: Add missing cachedef strings to the language pack, solves #441.
diff --git a/layout/includes/footnote.php b/layout/includes/footnote.php
index b0e0588e960..87cbae30e89 100644
--- a/layout/includes/footnote.php
+++ b/layout/includes/footnote.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 // Only proceed if text area does not only contains empty tags.
 if (!html_is_blank($footnotesetting)) {
     // Use format_text function to enable multilanguage filtering.
-    $footnotesetting = format_text($footnotesetting);
+    $footnotesetting = format_text($footnotesetting, FORMAT_HTML, ['noclean' => true]);
 
     // Add marker to show the footnote to templatecontext.
     $templatecontext['showfootnote'] = true;
diff --git a/tests/behat/theme_boost_union_contentsettings_footer.feature b/tests/behat/theme_boost_union_contentsettings_footer.feature
index 20d0ff40247..e5337951da7 100644
--- a/tests/behat/theme_boost_union_contentsettings_footer.feature
+++ b/tests/behat/theme_boost_union_contentsettings_footer.feature
@@ -19,18 +19,29 @@ Feature: Configuring the theme_boost_union plugin for the "Footer" tab on the "C
 
   Scenario: Setting: Footnote - Use the footnote setting to show a string in the page footer on the Dashboard, on the course pages and on the login page
     Given the following config values are set as admin:
-      | config   | value             | plugin            |
-      | footnote | Whatever footnote | theme_boost_union |
+      | config   | value                                                                                              | plugin            |
+      | footnote | <span lang="en" class="multilang">Footnote</span><span lang="de" class="multilang">Fussnote</span> | theme_boost_union |
+    And the "multilang" filter is "on"
+    And the "multilang" filter applies to "content and headings"
     When I log in as "admin"
     And I follow "Dashboard"
     Then "#footnote" "css_element" should exist
-    And I should see "Whatever footnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And ".text_to_html" "css_element" should not exist in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should see "Footnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should not see "<span lang=\"en\" class=\"multilang\">Footnote</span>" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should not see "FootnoteFussnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
     And I log out
     And I log in as "teacher1"
     And I am on "Course 1" course homepage
     Then "#footnote" "css_element" should exist
-    And I should see "Whatever footnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And ".text_to_html" "css_element" should not exist in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should see "Footnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should not see "<span lang=\"en\" class=\"multilang\">Footnote</span>" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should not see "FootnoteFussnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
     And I log out
     And I follow "Log in"
     Then "#footnote" "css_element" should exist
-    And I should see "Whatever footnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And ".text_to_html" "css_element" should not exist in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should see "Footnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should not see "<span lang=\"en\" class=\"multilang\">Footnote</span>" in the "#footnote" "css_element"
+    And I should not see "FootnoteFussnote" in the "#footnote" "css_element"