diff --git a/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl b/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl
index c95ef637..9a872236 100644
--- a/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl
+++ b/lib/FieldType/XmlText/Input/Resources/stylesheets/eZXml2Docbook_core.xsl
@@ -732,13 +732,6 @@
       <xsl:when test="translate($align, $uppercase, $lowercase) = 'justify'">
         <xsl:attribute name="ezxhtml:textalign">justify</xsl:attribute>
       </xsl:when>
-      <xsl:otherwise>
-        <!-- we can not use custom values here, as it will break richtext shema
-        <xsl:attribute name="ezxhtml:textalign">
-          <xsl:value-of select="translate($align, $uppercase, $lowercase)"/>
-        </xsl:attribute>
-        -->
-      </xsl:otherwise>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/002-para.xml b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/002-para.xml
index b5f72523..53fd2229 100644
--- a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/002-para.xml
+++ b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/docbook/002-para.xml
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@
   <para ezxhtml:textalign="right">This is a right aligned paragraph.</para>
   <para ezxhtml:textalign="justify">This is a justified paragraph.</para>
   <para>this is a paragraph with unsupported align attribute.</para>
+  <para ezxhtml:textalign="left">this is a paragraph with translated valid align attribute.</para>
 </section>
diff --git a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/ezxml/002-para.xml b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/ezxml/002-para.xml
index 6c8fbf30..87ac0ec6 100644
--- a/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/ezxml/002-para.xml
+++ b/tests/lib/FieldType/Converter/Xslt/_fixtures/ezxml/002-para.xml
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@
   <paragraph align="right">This is a right aligned paragraph.</paragraph>
   <paragraph align="justify">This is a justified paragraph.</paragraph>
   <paragraph align="unsupported">This is a paragraph with unsupported align attribute.</paragraph>
+  <paragraph align="LEFT">this is a paragraph with translated valid align attribute.</paragraph>
 </section>