diff --git a/src/services/import/zip.spec.ts b/src/services/import/zip.spec.ts
index a93f8b62a..74cb50256 100644
--- a/src/services/import/zip.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/zip.spec.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { dirname } from "path";
-import zip from "./zip.js";
+import zip, { removeTriliumTags } from "./zip.js";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 import BNote from "../../becca/entities/bnote.js";
 import TaskContext from "../task_context.js";
 import cls from "../cls.js";
 import sql_init from "../sql_init.js";
 import { initializeTranslations } from "../i18n.js";
+import { trimIndentation } from "../../../spec/support/utils.js";
 const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
 async function testImport(fileName: string) {
@@ -62,3 +63,23 @@ describe("processNoteContent", () => {
         expect(htmlNote?.getContent().toString().substring(0, 4)).toEqual("<div");
     });
 });
+
+describe("removeTriliumTags", () => {
+    it("removes <h1> tags from HTML", () => {
+        const output = removeTriliumTags(trimIndentation`\
+            <h1 data-trilium-h1>21 - Thursday</h1>
+            <p>Hello world</p>
+        `);
+        const expected = `\n<p>Hello world</p>\n`;
+        expect(output).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it("removes <title> tags from HTML", () => {
+        const output = removeTriliumTags(trimIndentation`\
+            <title data-trilium-title>21 - Thursday</title>
+            <p>Hello world</p>
+        `);
+        const expected = `\n<p>Hello world</p>\n`;
+        expect(output).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/services/import/zip.ts b/src/services/import/zip.ts
index aa64251fc..9180ee3af 100644
--- a/src/services/import/zip.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/zip.ts
@@ -385,15 +385,6 @@ async function importZip(taskContext: TaskContext, fileBuffer: Buffer, importRoo
         return content;
     }
 
-    function removeTriliumTags(content: string) {
-        const tagsToRemove = ["<h1 data-trilium-h1>([^<]*)<\/h1>", "<title data-trilium-title>([^<]*)<\/title>"];
-        for (const tag of tagsToRemove) {
-            let re = new RegExp(tag, "gi");
-            content = content.replace(re, "");
-        }
-        return content;
-    }
-
     function processNoteContent(noteMeta: NoteMeta | undefined, type: string, mime: string, content: string | Buffer, noteTitle: string, filePath: string) {
         if ((noteMeta?.format === "markdown" || (!noteMeta && taskContext.data?.textImportedAsText && ["text/markdown", "text/x-markdown", "text/mdx"].includes(mime))) && typeof content === "string") {
             content = markdownService.renderToHtml(content, noteTitle);
@@ -665,6 +656,17 @@ function resolveNoteType(type: string | undefined): NoteType {
     }
 }
 
+export function removeTriliumTags(content: string) {
+    const tagsToRemove = [
+        "<h1 data-trilium-h1>([^<]*)<\/h1>",
+        "<title data-trilium-title>([^<]*)<\/title>"];
+    for (const tag of tagsToRemove) {
+        let re = new RegExp(tag, "gi");
+        content = content.replace(re, "");
+    }
+    return content;
+}
+
 export default {
     importZip
 };