diff --git a/shared/index.css b/shared/index.css
index d84839215b7d9..b0134ca198d0f 100644
--- a/shared/index.css
+++ b/shared/index.css
@@ -175,11 +175,8 @@ body {
 	margin: 2em;
 }
 
-/* hack to make editing work */
-#editor blockquote cite {
-	min-width: 100px;
-	min-height: 27px;
-	display: inline-block;
+#editor blockquote footer:before {
+	content: '— '
 }
 
 #editor:after {
diff --git a/tinymce-single/blocks/elements/blockquote/register.js b/tinymce-single/blocks/elements/blockquote/register.js
index c3f95c9b04264..50f660fe0ff11 100644
--- a/tinymce-single/blocks/elements/blockquote/register.js
+++ b/tinymce-single/blocks/elements/blockquote/register.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ window.wp.blocks.registerBlock( {
 					block.removeChild( footer );
 				} else {
 					block.insertAdjacentHTML( 'beforeend',
-						'<footer contenteditable="false">— <cite contenteditable="true"></cite></footer>' );
+						'<footer><br></footer>' );
 				}
 			},
 			isActive: function( block ) {