diff --git a/docs/source/_static/matomo.js b/docs/source/_static/matomo.js
index c59490e3e..cdcea12e3 100644
--- a/docs/source/_static/matomo.js
+++ b/docs/source/_static/matomo.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// script below is used by Matomo web analytics for web site usage statistics
-<script>
+// script is used by Matomo web analytics for web site usage statistics
   var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];
   /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */
   _paq.push(['trackPageView']);
@@ -11,4 +10,3 @@
     var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
     g.async=true; g.src='https://cdn.matomo.cloud/openms.matomo.cloud/matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
   })();
-</script>