diff --git a/Michelf/Markdown.php b/Michelf/Markdown.php
index a1a0abc..3af20b5 100644
--- a/Michelf/Markdown.php
+++ b/Michelf/Markdown.php
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ class Markdown implements MarkdownInterface {
 			# Ampersand-encoding based entirely on Nat Irons's Amputator
 			# MT plugin: <http://bumppo.net/projects/amputator/>
 			$text = preg_replace('/&(?!#?[xX]?(?:[0-9a-fA-F]+|\w+);)/', 
-								'&amp;', $text);;
+								'&amp;', $text);
 		}
 		# Encode remaining <'s
 		$text = str_replace('<', '&lt;', $text);