diff --git a/mail_debrand/models/mail_render_mixin.py b/mail_debrand/models/mail_render_mixin.py
index c9cb74a4fe..27e8fbd70f 100644
--- a/mail_debrand/models/mail_render_mixin.py
+++ b/mail_debrand/models/mail_render_mixin.py
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ class MailRenderMixin(models.AbstractModel):
     def remove_href_odoo(self, value, remove_parent=True, to_keep=None):
         if len(value) < 20:
             return value
-        # value can be bytes type; ensure we get a proper string
+        # value can be bytes or markup; ensure we get a proper string and preserve type
+        back_to_bytes = False
+        back_to_markup = False
         if type(value) is bytes:
             back_to_bytes = True
             value = value.decode()
-        else:
-            back_to_bytes = False
+        if type(value) is Markup:
+            back_to_markup = True
         has_dev_odoo_link = re.search(
             r"<a\s(.*)dev\.odoo\.com", value, flags=re.IGNORECASE
         )
@@ -40,11 +42,11 @@ def remove_href_odoo(self, value, remove_parent=True, to_keep=None):
                     # anchor <a href odoo has a parent powered by that must be removed
                     parent.getparent().remove(parent)
                 else:
-                    # also here can be powered by
-                    if parent.tag == "td" and parent.getparent():
-                        parent.getparent().remove(parent)
-                    else:
-                        parent.remove(elem)
+                    previous = elem.getprevious()
+                    if previous is not None:
+                        # Remove "Powered by", "using" etc.
+                        previous.tail = ''
+                    parent.remove(elem)
             value = etree.tostring(
                 tree, pretty_print=True, method="html", encoding="unicode"
             )
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ def remove_href_odoo(self, value, remove_parent=True, to_keep=None):
                 value = value.replace("<body_msg></body_msg>", to_keep)
         if back_to_bytes:
             value = value.encode()
+        elif back_to_markup:
+            value = Markup(value)
         return value
 
     @api.model
@@ -94,17 +98,3 @@ def _render_template(
             orginal_rendered[key] = self.remove_href_odoo(orginal_rendered[key])
 
         return orginal_rendered
-
-    def _replace_local_links(self, html, base_url=None):
-        message = super()._replace_local_links(html, base_url=base_url)
-
-        wrapper = Markup if isinstance(message, Markup) else str
-        message = tools.ustr(message)
-        if isinstance(message, Markup):
-            wrapper = Markup
-
-        message = re.sub(
-            r"""(Powered by\s(.*)Odoo</a>)""", "<div>&nbsp;</div>", message
-        )
-
-        return wrapper(message)
diff --git a/mail_debrand/readme/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/mail_debrand/readme/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index ba4dd9db08..1ff383edeb 100644
--- a/mail_debrand/readme/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/mail_debrand/readme/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 
   * Pedro M. Baeza
   * João Marques
+
+* Stefan Rijnhart <stefan@opener.amsterdam>
diff --git a/mail_debrand/tests/test_mail_debrand.py b/mail_debrand/tests/test_mail_debrand.py
index 6814ca8b95..ab77995b50 100644
--- a/mail_debrand/tests/test_mail_debrand.py
+++ b/mail_debrand/tests/test_mail_debrand.py
@@ -8,9 +8,18 @@
 
 
 class TestMailDebrand(common.TransactionCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-        self.default_template = self.env.ref("mail.mail_notification_layout")
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        cls.mail = cls.env["mail.mail"].create({
+            "email_from": "customer@example.com",
+            "subject": "Hello",
+            "email_to": "contact@example.com",
+            "reply_to": "contact@example.com",
+        })
+        lang_nl = cls.env.ref("base.lang_nl")
+        if not lang_nl.active:
+            lang_nl.toggle_active()
 
     def test_debrand_binary_value(self):
         """
@@ -23,28 +32,48 @@ def test_debrand_binary_value(self):
         except TypeError:
             self.fail("Debranding binary string raised TypeError")
 
+    def _test_debrand_by_lang(self, template_ref, lang, term):
+        body = self.env['ir.qweb']._render(
+            template_ref,
+            {
+                "message": self.mail,
+                "company": self.env.company,
+            },
+            lang=lang.code,
+            minimal_qcontext=True,
+        )
+        self.assertIn(term, body)
+        body_cleaned = self.env["mail.render.mixin"].remove_href_odoo(body)
+        self.assertNotIn(term, body_cleaned)
+
     def test_default_debrand(self):
-        self.assertIn("Powered by", self.default_template.arch)
-        model = "mail.template"
-        res_ids = self.env[model].search([], limit=1).ids
-        res = self.env[model]._render_template(
-            self.default_template,
-            "ir.ui.view",
-            res_ids,
+        self._test_debrand_by_lang(
+            "mail.mail_notification_layout",
+            self.env.ref("base.lang_en"),
+            "Powered by",
         )
-        self.assertNotIn("Powered by", res)
 
-    def test_plaintext_email(self):
-        MailMessage = self.env["mail.mail"]
-        email_values = {
-            "email_from": "customer@example.com",
-            "subject": "Hello",
-            "email_to": "contact@example.com",
-            "reply_to": "contact@example.com",
-        }
-        # No exception expected
-        MailMessage.create(email_values)
+    def test_default_debrand_translated(self):
+        self._test_debrand_by_lang(
+            "mail.mail_notification_layout",
+            self.env.ref("base.lang_nl"),
+            "Aangeboden door",
+        )
+
+    def test_light_debrand(self):
+        self._test_debrand_by_lang(
+            "mail.mail_notification_light",
+            self.env.ref("base.lang_en"),
+            "Powered by",
+        )
 
+    def test_light_debrand_translated(self):
+        self._test_debrand_by_lang(
+            "mail.mail_notification_light",
+            self.env.ref("base.lang_nl"),
+            "Aangeboden door",
+        )
+        
     def test_body_intact(self):
         """The message body should never be changed"""
         MailMessage = self.env["mail.mail"]