diff --git a/main/inc/lib/javascript/asciimath/ASCIIMathML.js b/main/inc/lib/javascript/asciimath/ASCIIMathML.js
index 293053954b..61c071b39f 100755
--- a/main/inc/lib/javascript/asciimath/ASCIIMathML.js
+++ b/main/inc/lib/javascript/asciimath/ASCIIMathML.js
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ var checkForMathML = true;     // check if browser can display MathML
 var notifyIfNoMathML = false;   // display note at top if no MathML capability
 var alertIfNoMathML = false;   // show alert box if no MathML capability
 var translateOnLoad = true;    // set to false to do call translators from js
-//Modified by Ivan Tcholakov, 19-OCT-2010.
-//var translateLaTeX = false;     // false to preserve $..$, $$..$$
-var translateLaTeX = true;
-//
+// Originally modified by Ivan Tcholakov, 19-OCT-2010.
+//var translateLaTeX = true;
+// See #6355
+var translateLaTeX = false; // false to preserve $..$, $$..$$
+
 var translateLaTeXformatting = true; // false to preserve \emph,\begin{},\end{}
 var translateASCIIMath = true; // false to preserve `..`
 var translateASCIIsvg = true;  // false to preserve agraph.., \begin{graph}..