diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
index 5e65c762de..3a609aa91f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
@@ -352,9 +352,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         if (text.size() > 0 && text[0] == '\n')
             text.erase(0, 1);
 
-        if(caption.size() > 0 && isalnum(caption[0]))
-            caption[0] = toupper(caption[0]);
-
         const ESM::Enchantment* enchant = 0;
         const MWWorld::ESMStore& store = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore();
         if (info.enchant != "")