diff --git a/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js b/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js
index 47df682d1a..f5b7b2a74d 100644
--- a/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js
+++ b/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js
@@ -302,7 +302,11 @@ const editDOMNode = domNode => {
     let editor = createDOMEditor(handleChange, cancelChange);
 
     if (type === "text") {
-        editor.value = domNode.dataset.text;
+        let emptyTextSpan = domNode.querySelector(".internal");
+
+        if (emptyTextSpan === null) {
+            editor.value = domNode.innerText;
+        }
     } else {
         editor.value = domNode.innerText;
     }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp
index 7c3e7274e3..d4eb32dfd9 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ String InspectorClient::generate_dom_tree(JsonObject const& dom_tree)
             deprecated_text = escape_html_entities(deprecated_text);
 
             auto text = MUST(Web::Infra::strip_and_collapse_whitespace(deprecated_text));
-            builder.appendff("<span data-node-type=\"text\" data-text=\"{}\" class=\"hoverable editable\" {}>", text, data_attributes.string_view());
+            builder.appendff("<span data-node-type=\"text\" class=\"hoverable editable\" {}>", data_attributes.string_view());
 
             if (text.is_empty())
                 builder.appendff("<span class=\"internal\">{}</span>", name);