diff --git a/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql b/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql
index 4192b5e809476ef48ccc84568a175805ba49a3a3..e7b67f0128e84e40138b65216cadcd9b4acba911 100644
--- a/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql
+++ b/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql
@@ -55,13 +55,11 @@ $dir as xs:string) {
     let $preprocessed-data := pre:preprocessing($xml/*, $ifweb:replace-whitespace)
     let $intermediate-format := ident:walk($preprocessed-data, ())
     let $content := 
-        if(count($intermediate-format) gt 1) then
             element tei:div {
                 $xml/@*,
                 attribute id {generate-id($xml)},
-                $intermediate-format}
-        else
-            $intermediate-format
+                $intermediate-format
+            }
     let $store := xmldb:store($dir, $filename, $content)
     
     return $intermediate-format