diff --git a/packages/neos-ui-ckeditor5-bindings/src/plugins/neosPlaceholder.js b/packages/neos-ui-ckeditor5-bindings/src/plugins/neosPlaceholder.js
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-import Plugin from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core/src/plugin';
-import {stripTags} from '@neos-project/utils-helpers';
-import './neosPlaceholder.vanilla-css';
-
-// If the data is "empty" (BR, P) or the placeholder then return an empty string.
-// Otherwise return the original data
-const htmlIsEmptyish = data => {
-    if (!data) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    if (data.length > 20) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    const value = data.replace(/[\n|\t|\u200b]*/g, '').toLowerCase().trim();
-    const a = (
-        !value ||
-        value === '<br>' ||
-        value === '<span>&nbsp;</span>' ||
-        value === '<p>&nbsp;</p>' ||
-        value === '<p>&nbsp;<br></p>' ||
-        value === '<p><br></p>' ||
-        value === '&nbsp;' ||
-        value === '&nbsp;<br>' ||
-        value === ' <br>' ||
-        value.match(/^<([a-z0-9]+)><br><\/\1>$/)
-    );
-    return a;
-};
-
-export default class NeosPlaceholder extends Plugin {
-    static get pluginName() {
-        return 'NeosPlaceholder';
-    }
-
-    getPlaceholder() {
-        return stripTags(this.editor.config.get('neosPlaceholder'));
-    }
-
-    addPlaceholder() {
-        this.editor.editing.view.change(writer => {
-            writer.setAttribute('data-neos-placeholder', this.getPlaceholder(), this.editor.editing.view.document.getRoot());
-        });
-    }
-
-    removePlaceholder() {
-        this.editor.editing.view.change(writer => {
-            writer.removeAttribute('data-neos-placeholder', this.editor.editing.view.document.getRoot());
-        });
-    }
-
-    updatePlaceholder() {
-        if (htmlIsEmptyish(this.editor.getData({trim: 'none'})) && !this.editor.ui.focusTracker.isFocused) {
-            this.addPlaceholder();
-        } else {
-            this.removePlaceholder();
-        }
-    }
-
-    init() {
-        if (this.editor.config.get('neosPlaceholder')) {
-            this.updatePlaceholder();
-
-            const {model} = this.editor.data;
-
-            model.on('applyOperation', () => {
-                this.updatePlaceholder();
-                return true;
-            });
-            this.editor.ui.focusTracker.on('change:isFocused', () => {
-                this.updatePlaceholder();
-            });
-        }
-    }
-}