diff --git a/design/src/main/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/design/ext/SpannedExt.kt b/design/src/main/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/design/ext/SpannedExt.kt
index b1fdde9cd..8bab8a38f 100644
--- a/design/src/main/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/design/ext/SpannedExt.kt
+++ b/design/src/main/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/design/ext/SpannedExt.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package nl.rijksoverheid.ctr.design.ext
 
-import android.graphics.Typeface
 import android.text.Spanned
 import android.text.style.BulletSpan
 import android.text.style.RelativeSizeSpan
-import android.text.style.StyleSpan
 import androidx.core.text.getSpans
 import nl.rijksoverheid.ctr.design.spans.BulletPointSpan
 
@@ -50,17 +48,11 @@ fun Spanned.substring(start: Int, end: Int): Spanned {
 
 /**
  * Determines whether a Spanned object is a heading
- * This is the case in two situations:
- * (1) If the Spanned object contains a StyleSpan with Typeface.Bold for the whole length
- * (2) If the Spanned object contains one or more RelativeSizeSpans with a size change (= h1-h6)
+ * If the Spanned object contains one or more RelativeSizeSpans with a size change (= h1-h6)
  */
 val Spanned.isHeading: Boolean
     get() {
-        return getSpans<StyleSpan>().any { span ->
-            return span.style == Typeface.BOLD &&
-                   getSpanStart(span) == 0 &&
-                   getSpanEnd(span) == length
-        } || getSpans<RelativeSizeSpan>().any { span ->
+        return getSpans<RelativeSizeSpan>().any { span ->
             return span.sizeChange > 0
         }
     }
diff --git a/holder/src/test/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/HtmlTextViewWidgetTest.kt b/holder/src/test/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/HtmlTextViewWidgetTest.kt
index 895da94ab..07aa75023 100644
--- a/holder/src/test/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/HtmlTextViewWidgetTest.kt
+++ b/holder/src/test/java/nl/rijksoverheid/ctr/HtmlTextViewWidgetTest.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat
 import androidx.core.view.children
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
 import nl.rijksoverheid.ctr.design.widgets.HtmlTextViewWidget
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.koin.test.AutoCloseKoinTest
@@ -53,9 +54,18 @@ class HtmlTextViewWidgetTest : AutoCloseKoinTest() {
         assertEquals(widget.children.filter { ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(it) }.count(), 0) // 2: Heading 1 + Heading 2
         assertEquals(widget.childCount, 1) // 5: Heading + Text + Linebreak + Heading + Text
 
-        widget.setHtmlText("<h1>Heading 1</h1><h2>Heading 2</h2><h3>Heading 3</h3><h4>Heading 4</h4><h5>Heading 5</h5><h6>Heading 6</h6>")
-        assertEquals(widget.children.filter { ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(it) }.count(), 0) // 6: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
-        assertEquals(widget.childCount, 1) // 7: Heading + Heading + Heading + Heading + Heading + Heading + Linebreak
+        widget.setHtmlText("<h1>Heading 1</h1>")
+        assertTrue(ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(widget.getChildAt(0)))
+        widget.setHtmlText("<h2>Heading 1</h2>")
+        assertTrue(ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(widget.getChildAt(0)))
+        widget.setHtmlText("<h3>Heading 1</h3>")
+        assertTrue(ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(widget.getChildAt(0)))
+        widget.setHtmlText("<h4>Heading 1</h4>")
+        assertTrue(ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(widget.getChildAt(0)))
+        widget.setHtmlText("<h5>Heading 1</h5>")
+        assertTrue(ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(widget.getChildAt(0)))
+        widget.setHtmlText("<h6>Heading 1</h6>")
+        assertTrue(ViewCompat.isAccessibilityHeading(widget.getChildAt(0)))
 
         // List test
         widget.setHtmlText("<ul><li>List item 1</li><li>List item 2</li></ul>")